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nán

HSK 1 · word 265 of 3,000

Meaning

Example sentence

众口难调。

zhòng kǒu nán tiáo

It is difficult to satisfy everyone.

The character 难

is nán for difficult, and put in front of a verb it means hard to take: 难看 ugly, 难听 unpleasant to hear, 难过 and 难受 for feeling bad. Read nàn it is a calamity, and 难道 asks a question that expects no.

Words containing 难

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