(kùn nán) - difficulty, hardship, difficult in Mandarin
kùnnánTraditional: 困難
Translation
difficulty, hardship, difficult
Word origin
A compound of 困 (kùn, hemmed in or stranded), showing a tree enclosed within walls, and 难 (nán, hard or difficult), together meaning a hardship or difficulty.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 困 (kùn, stranded) + 难 (nán, hard)
Stroke order
困
难
Examples
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We have run into some difficulties.
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No difficulty, however great, can frighten him.
语。
Learning a foreign language well is not difficult.
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Everyone overcame the difficulty together.
济。
His family is in some financial difficulty.
困难 (kùn nán) means a difficulty or hardship as a noun, and difficult as an adjective. It covers practical obstacles as well as financial or personal hardship.
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