Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 难


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Meaning

difficult (to...), problem, disaster, to scold

Pronunciation

nán, nàn

Explanation

Left: once-again (image of a hand), right: bird

Mnemonic

To use your hand (for catching) a bird is difficult!

Radicals

difficult(By hand (catching) a bird is difficult.)
again, hand(Other radicals with a hand are: )
short tailed bird
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Vocabulary

难道 nán dào don't tell me...; could it be that...?
刁难 diāo nàn to be hard on sb; to deliberately make things difficult
殉难 xùn nàn to sacrifice oneself in a just cause; a victim of a disaster
难熬 nán áo hard to bear; unendurable (pain, suffering)
靖难之役 jìng nán zhī yì war of 1402 between successors of the first Ming Emperor
难以抹去 nán yǐ mǒ qù hard to erase; ineradicable
难堪 nán kān hard to take; embarrassed
灾难 zāi nàn disaster; catastrophe
难民 nàn mín refugee
难以 nán yǐ hard to (predict, imagine etc)
困难 kùn nan (financial etc) difficulty; problem; issue


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