| 困难 | kùn nan | (financial etc) difficulty; problem; issue; CL:个 |
| 难 | nán | difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good |
| 难 | nàn | disaster; distress; to scold |
| 难道 | nán dào | don't tell me...; could it be that...? |
| 难以 | nán yǐ | hard to (predict, imagine etc) |
| 难民 | nàn mín | refugee |
| 灾难 | zāi nàn | disaster; catastrophe |
| 苦难 | kǔ nàn | suffering |
| 难过 | nán guò | feel sorry; be grieved |
| 艰难 | jiān nán | difficult; hard; challenging |
| 难得 | nán dé | seldom; rare; hard to come by |
| 难免 | nán miǎn | hard to avoid; difficult to escape from |
| 难看 | nán kàn | ugly; unsightly |
| 为难 | wéi nán | to feel embarrassed or awkward; to make things difficult (for someone); to find things difficult (to do or manage) |
| 难受 | nán shòu | to feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear |
| 难题 | nán tí | difficult problem |
| 难度 | nán dù | trouble; problem |
| 难怪 | nán guài | (it's) no wonder (that...); (it's) not surprising (that) |
| 从难从严 | cóng nán cóng yán | to be arduous and strict (idiom) |
| 难关 | nán guān | difficulty; crisis |
| 难保 | nán bǎo | to be difficult to protect; difficult to protect |
| 难忘 | nán wàng | unforgettable |
| 疑难 | yí nán | hard to understand; difficult to deal with; knotty; complicated |
| 避难 | bì nàn | refuge; to take refuge; to seek asylum (political etc) |
| 受难 | shòu nàn | to suffer a calamity; to suffer (e.g. under torture); distress |
| 难堪 | nán kān | hard to take; embarrassed |
| 发难 | fā nàn | (to be first to) rise in revolt; to raise difficult questions |
| 责难 | zé nàn | to censure |
| 非难 | fēi nàn | reproof; blame |
| 难为 | nán wei | to bother; to press sb, usu. to do sth; it's a tough job; sorry to bother you (polite, used to thank sb for a favor) |
| 患难 | huàn nàn | trials and tribulations |
| 遇难 | yù nàn | to perish; to be killed |
| 逃难 | táo nàn | to run away from trouble; to flee from calamity; to be a refugee |
| 难听 | nán tīng | unpleasant to hear; coarse; vulgar; offensive; shameful |
| 难为情 | nán wéi qíng | embarrassed |
| 万难 | wàn nán | countless difficulties; extremely difficult; against all odds |
| 死难 | sǐ nán | die in accident or political incident |
| 大难 | dà nàn | great catastrophe |
| 难产 | nán chǎn | difficult birth |
| 难点 | nàn diǎn | difficulty |
| 刁难 | diāo nàn | to be hard on sb; to deliberately make things difficult |
| 难能可贵 | nán néng kě guì | rare and commendable; estimable |
| 危难 | wēi nàn | calamity |
| 难处 | nán chu | trouble; difficulty; problem |
| 磨难 | mó nàn | a torment; a trial; tribulation; a cross (to bear); well-tried |
| 殉难 | xùn nàn | to sacrifice oneself in a just cause; a victim of a disaster |
| 政治避难 | zhèng zhì bì nàn | political asylum |
| 难闻 | nán wén | unpleasant smell; stink |
| 出难题 | chū nán tí | to raise a tough question |
一寸光阴一寸金，
寸金难买寸光阴 | yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn ,
cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn | An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money can't buy you time (common saying); Time is precious and must be treasured. |
