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艰
艱
jian1
 
- difficult; hard; hardship
 
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不避艰险
不避艱險
bu4 bi4 jian1 xian3
 
- shrink or flinch from no difficulty or danger; make light of difficulties and dangers
 
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步履维艰
步履維艱
bu4 lv3 wei2 jian1
 
- to have difficulty walking (idiom); to walk with difficulty
 
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丁艰
丁艱
ding1 jian1
 
- (literary) to be in mourning after the death of a parent
 
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艰巨
艱巨
jian1 ju4
 
- arduous; terrible (task); very difficult; formidable
 
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艰巨性
艱巨性
jian1 ju4 xing4
 
- arduousness; formidability; difficulty
 
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艰苦
艱苦
jian1 ku3
 
- difficult; hard; arduous
 
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艰苦奋斗
艱苦奮鬥
jian1 ku3 fen4 dou4
 
- to struggle arduously
 
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艰苦朴素
艱苦樸素
jian1 ku3 pu3 su4
 
- leading a plain, hardworking life (idiom)
 
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艰难
艱難
jian1 nan2
 
- difficult; hard; challenging
 
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艰难险阻
艱難險阻
jian1 nan2 xian3 zu3
 
- untold dangers and difficulties (idiom)
 
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艰深
艱深
jian1 shen1
 
- abstruse; complicated
 
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艰深晦涩
艱深晦澀
jian1 shen1 hui4 se4
 
- abstruse and unfathomable (idiom)
 
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艰险
艱險
jian1 xian3
 
- difficult and dangerous; hardships and perils
 
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艰辛
艱辛
jian1 xin1
 
- hardships; arduous; difficult
 
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举步维艰
舉步維艱
ju3 bu4 wei2 jian1
 
- to make progress only with great difficulty (idiom)
 
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人艰不拆
人艱不拆
ren2 jian1 bu4 chai1
 
- life is hard enough as it is; don't burst my bubble (Internet slang)