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

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a video game which is almost impossible to beat.

= + : Just inside the anthill's kitchen, Napoleon and a sparrow are trying to beat an insanely difficult video game. After playing and failing all day long Napoleon finally loses his temper and crashes the game wearing two boxing gloves.
disaster / distress / to scold

難 character breakdown

clay / old variant of 僅|仅[jin3] / violet (plant)

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) is throwing violet (堇) clay (堇) and dirt (土) at the king's cow hide (革) in the encampment ((e)n3).
short-tailed bird

= + : A sparrow. Julian Giant Squid often visits the sparrows living in front of the Eiffel Tower, and plays his flute for them.

Characters with 難 as component

beach / shoal / rapids / CL:片[pian4] / classifier for liquids: pool, puddle

= + : Tecumseh (t) has been trying to beat a difficult computer game (难) sitting on the beach (滩) in front of the anthill (an1) all day. Frustrated he finally empties a bottle of water (氵) over the console and throws it into the ocean.
to spread out / vendor's stand

= + : Tecumseh (t) set up his vendor's stand (摊) in front of the anthill (an1). He is displaying his video games (难) by spreading them out (摊) dangling from toy claws (扌).
paralyzed

= + : In front of the anthill (an1) Tecumseh (t) is trying to beat an impossible game (难). He gets so frustrated that he first develops a colorful rash (疒) and ends up completely paralyzed (瘫).
to exorcise demons
stand in awe

Words with 難

(idiom) between a rock and a hard place / in a dilemma
to be facing imminent calamity (idiom) / disaster is looming
to force someone to do something
lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom) / fig. extremely worried and troubled
unable to move a single step (idiom) / to be in an (extremely) difficult situation
It's hard to clap with only one hand. / It takes two to tango / It's difficult to achieve anything without support.
(classical) (of soldiers etc) resolute in the face of adversity
see 寸步難行|寸步难行[cun4 bu4 nan2 xing2]
An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom); Money can't buy you time. / Time is precious.
If you don't plug the small hole, the big hole will be hard to repair (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.
mountain accident
(idiom) between a rock and a hard place / in a dilemma
The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment.
demanding and strict (idiom) / exacting
there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom) / persistence will overcome
Heaven cannot tolerate this (idiom) / intolerable behavior
easy to become accustomed to luxury, hard to become accustomed to frugality (idiom)
see 有借有還,再借不難|有借有还,再借不难[you3 jie4 you3 huan2 , zai4 jie4 bu4 nan2]
a beautiful dream is hard to realize (idiom)

Sentences with 難

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