磨
难

A torment in Chinese: 磨难 (mó nàn)

mó nàn

a torment

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

Definitions

  1. 1a torment
  2. 2a trial
  3. 3tribulation
  4. 4a cross (to bear)
  5. 5well-tried

Stroke order

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磨
难

Zhuyin

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ㄇㄛˊ

mó

ㄇ/ mㄛ/ oˊ/ second tone

ㄋㄢˋ

nàn

ㄋ/ nㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

磨难

Simplified

磨難

Traditional

Example sentences

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

  • 他经历了许多磨难才获得成功。

    tā jīng lì le xǔ duō mó nàn cái huò dé chéng gōng。

    He went through many hardships before achieving success.

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Related words

难

nán

difficult (to...)

磨

mó

to rub

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

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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