刁
难

To be hard on sb in Chinese: 刁难 (diāo nàn)

diāo nàn

to be hard on sb

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 刁難1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to be hard on sb; to deliberately make things difficult
  2. 2Taiwan pr. [diāo nán]

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刁
难

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ㄉㄧㄠ

diāo

ㄉ/ dㄧ/ iㄠ/ ao—/ first tone

ㄋㄢˋ

nàn

ㄋ/ nㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

刁难

Simplified

刁難

Traditional

Example sentences

See 刁难 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他故意刁难新来的同事。

    tā gù yì diāo nàn xīn lái de tóng shì。

    He deliberately makes things difficult for the new colleague.

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Related words

难

nán

difficult (to...)

难过

nán guò

to feel sad

困难

kùn nan

difficult

难道

nán dào

don't tell me ...

难受

nán shòu

to feel unwell

难怪

nán guài

(it's) no wonder (that...)

难看

nán kàn

ugly

难题

nán tí

difficult problem

难听

nán tīng

unpleasant to hear

难度

nán dù

degree of difficulty

难免

nán miǎn

hard to avoid

艰难

jiān nán

difficult

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