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kùn nan
n./adj. difficulty; difficult; financially difficult
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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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zhǐ yào yǒu jué xīn jiù néng kè fú kùn nan
phr. We could overcome the difficulties as long as we have the resolution.
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yì jiǔ yī sān nián, láo shé kǎo rù jīng shī dì sān zhōng xué, dàn shì shù yuè hòu yóu yú jīng jì kùn nán ér tuì xué .
phr. In 1913, Lao She was admitted to the Beijing Normal Third High School, but had to leave after several months because of financial difficulties.
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tā men kè fú le hěn dà kùn nán, cái dǎ chū zhè kóu jǐng .
phr. They overcame great difficulty and finally dug this well.
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hàn yǔ xué xí chū qī huì yù dào hěn duō kùn nan .
phr. There are many difficulties at the beginning period of learning Chinese.
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zhè gè shí qī shì zhàn zhēng de guò dù jiē duàn, yě shì zuì kùn nan de shí qī .
phr. This period was a transitional stage in the war and it was the hardest period, too.
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wǒ men sǐ dōu bú pà, hé kuàng kùn nan .
phr. We fear no death, let alone difficulties.
kùn nan qiú dòng shùn xù
phr. High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP)
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jiù suàn yǒu kùn nan, yě bú huì tài dà
phr. Even if there would be any difficulties, (the difficulties) won't be too great.
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tā zài kùn nan miàn qián háo bu qiè nuò .
phr. He's completely unafraid when facing difficulties.
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kùn nan jiàn yǒu qíng .
phr. Fall sick and you will see who is your true friend.
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yù dào kùn nan de shí hou, tā zǒng shì bù huāng bù máng
phr. She is always calm when facing difficulties.
kè fú kùn nan
v. overcome the difficulty
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wǒ men bì xū zhí miàn kùn nán .
phr. We must face up to the difficulties.
kùn nán chóng chóng
phr. be beset with difficulties and problems
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tā duì rèn hé kùn nán dōu wèi qiè
phr. He was a coward when faced with any difficulties.
miàn lín kùn nán
phr. to be faced with difficulties
gēn tā gōu tōng hěn kùn nán
phr. it's very hard to communicate with him
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jí shǐ yù dào le kùn nán yě bú yào fàng qì .
phr. Even if (you) will come across difficulties, (you) should not give up.
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zhè gè rèn wu duì wǒ lái shuō hěn kùn nán .
phr. This task is very difficult for me.
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zhēn zhèng de péng you huì zài nǐ yù dào kùn nán de shí hou bāng zhù nǐ .
phr. True friends will help you when you are in trouble.
dāng shí tā jiā jìng kùn nán .
phr. At the time, his family was in difficult financial situations
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hěn duō kùn nán shì ké yǐ kè fú de .
phr. Many difficulties can be conquered.
bù guǎn shì qing yǒu duō kùn nán
phr. no matter how difficult it is
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yǒu kùn nán zháo jǐng chá .
phr. If you are in trouble, go to the police.
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dào chù dōu xiě zhe yǒu kùn nán zháo jǐng chá .
phr. "If you are in trouble, go to the police" is written everywhere.
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tā sǎng zi téng, zhǐ néng hěn kùn nán de shuō jǐ gè zì .
phr. His throat is sore, (so he) can only say a few words with great difficulty.