difficult to obey orders (idiom) / much to my embarrassment, I am unable to comply
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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.
mining disaster
old habits are hard to change (idiom)
ingrained habits are hard to overcome (idiom) / bad old practices die hard
(lit.) too numerous to record on bamboo slips (idiom) / (fig.) (of crimes or misdeeds) innumerable / beyond counting
to die in an accident or disaster / to be killed
to feel ashamed (idiom)
in peril / facing disaster
powerless to defend oneself (idiom) / helpless
untold dangers and difficulties (idiom)
deep grief / extensive sorrow
even heroes have a weakness for the charms of a beautiful woman (idiom)
the first step is the hardest (idiom)
every beginning is difficult (idiom) / getting started is always the hardest part
countless difficulties / extremely difficult / against all odds
a loner / someone who does not easily get along with others
to meet with disaster / killed / in the clutches of the enemy / to fall foul of / in danger
spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom) / it's no use crying over spilt milk / what's done is done and can't be reversed / the damage is done / once divorced, there's no reuniting
dyslexia
it's easier to invite the devil in than to send him away
to blame
to take refuge / to seek refuge from disaster
to debate / to retort / to refute
(idiom) to press on in the face of challenges
to seek refuge from calamities
to run away from trouble / to flee from calamity / to be a refugee
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom) / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
victim / fatality
shipwreck
to run into misfortune
lit. many nights under a harsh moon / long years of oppression (idiom)
to meet with great difficulties but pull through
(Tw) evacuation to an air-raid shelter
(Tw) air-raid shelter
to thwart / to impede
too embarrassing to mention
war of 1402 between successors of the first Ming Emperor
reproof / blame
to show signs of reluctance or embarrassment
to be faced with problems
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27