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nán yǐ
v. be hard to, be difficult to (same as 难于)
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Simplified Chinese

Traditional Chinese

Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
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běi jīng xià tiān de gāo wēn ràng rén nán yí rěn shòu .
phr. The high temperature in the summer in Beijing is unbearable.
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zhè yàng de yǔ yè ràng wǒ nán yǐ rù shuì .
phr. The rainy night made it difficult for me to fall asleep.
nán yǐ zhì xìn
idiom. hardly worthy of belief, unbelievable, difficult to believe
nán yí xiǎng xiàng
phr. difficult to imagine, hard to imagine
nán yǐ wàng què
idiom. difficult to forget
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wài háng rén nán yǐ dào chū qí zhōng de chā jù
phr. It's hard for a layman to be able to tell the difference.
nán yí lǐ qīng
phr. hard to sort out
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zhēn shì nán yǐ zhì xìn !
phr. So unbelievable!
nán yǐ rù mián
phr. to have difficulty falling asleep