刁难(diāo nàn): to be hard on sb
to be hard on sb
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Word information
- Pinyin
- diāo nàn
- Meaning
- to be hard on sb; to deliberately make things difficult
- HSK level
- HSK 7-9
- Characters
- 2
- Traditional
- 刁難
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 刁难 — tap one to open its word page.
kùn困nán难
HSK 3difficult
diāo刁mín民
(derogatory) unruly people
diāo刁zuān钻
crafty
bǎi百bān般diāo刁nàn难
(idiom) to put up innumerable obstacles; to create all kinds of difficulties
yī一mù木nán难zhī支
lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)
yī一yán言nán难jìn尽
hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
rén人xīn心nán难cè测
hard to fathom a person's mind (idiom)
liǎng两nán难
dilemma; quandary
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