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多难兴邦

duō nàn xīng bāngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
much hardships may awaken a nation (idiom) / calamity that prompts renewal
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-5a677a6442222676. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

多難興邦 多难兴邦 [duo1 nan4 xing1 bang1] /much hardships may awaken a nation (idiom); calamity that prompts renewal/

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Other forms in these source records: 多難興邦

  • 多
    duō

    many / much / more / a lot of / too many / in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duó]) / (bound form) multi- / poly-

  • 难
    nán

    difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good

    nàn

    disaster / distress / to scold

  • 兴
    xīng

    to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect)

    xìng

    feeling or desire to do sth / interest in sth / excitement

    Xīng

    surname Xing

  • 邦
    bāng

    (bound form) country / nation / state

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.