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Difficulty in Chinese: 难关 (nán guān)

nán guān

difficulty

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

Definitions

  1. 1difficulty
  2. 2crisis

Stroke order

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ㄋㄢˊ

nán

ㄋ/ nㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄍㄨㄢ

guān

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ uㄢ/ an—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

难关

Simplified

難關

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 大家一起度过了这个难关。

    dà jiā yì qǐ dù guò le zhè ge nán guān。

    Everyone got through this hard time together.

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Related words

关

guān

mountain pass

难

nán

difficult (to...)

关系

guān xi

relation

关心

guān xīn

to be concerned about

关于

guān yú

pertaining to

难过

nán guò

to feel sad

关键

guān jiàn

crucial point

困难

kùn nan

difficult

难道

nán dào

don't tell me ...

难受

nán shòu

to feel unwell

关闭

guān bì

to close

关怀

guān huái

care

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