难关
nán guān
Pinyin

Definition

难关
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nán guān
  1. difficulty
  2. crisis

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

困难
kùn nan
  1. 1 difficult
  2. 2 challenging
  3. 3 straitened circumstances
  4. 4 difficult situation
无关
wú guān
  1. 1 unrelated
  2. 2 having nothing to do (with sth else)
关
Guān
  1. 1 surname Guan
关系
guān xi
  1. 1 relation
  2. 2 relationship
  3. 3 to concern
  4. 4 to affect
  5. 5 to have to do with
  6. 6 guanxi
  7. 7 CL:個|个[gè]
关心
guān xīn
  1. 1 to be concerned about
  2. 2 to care about
关于
guān yú
  1. 1 pertaining to
  2. 2 concerning
  3. 3 with regard to
  4. 4 about
  5. 5 a matter of
关注
guān zhù
  1. 1 to pay attention to
  2. 2 to follow sth closely
  3. 3 to follow (on social media)
  4. 4 concern
  5. 5 interest
  6. 6 attention
关系
guān xi
  1. 1 variant of 關係|关系[guān xi]
关键
guān jiàn
  1. 1 crucial point
  2. 2 crux
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
  4. 4 key
  5. 5 crucial
  6. 6 pivotal
难
nán
  1. 1 difficult (to...)
  2. 2 problem
  3. 3 difficulty
  4. 4 difficult
  5. 5 not good
难以
nán yǐ
  1. 1 hard to (predict, imagine etc)
难受
nán shòu
  1. 1 to feel unwell
  2. 2 to suffer pain
  3. 3 to be difficult to bear
难得
nán dé
  1. 1 seldom
  2. 2 rare
  3. 3 hard to come by
难过
nán guò
  1. 1 to feel sad
  2. 2 to feel unwell
  3. 3 (of life) to be difficult
难道
nán dào
  1. 1 don't tell me ...
  2. 2 could it be that...?
中关村
Zhōng guān cūn
  1. 1 Zhongguancun neighborhood of Beijing, containing Peking University, famous for electronics shops and bookstores
公关
gōng guān
  1. 1 public relations
大关
dà guān
  1. 1 strategic pass
  2. 2 barrier or mark (i.e. a level considered impressive, usually a round figure such as 10,000)
  3. 3 instrument of torture used to break limbs
年关
nián guān
  1. 1 end of the year
患难
huàn nàn
  1. 1 trials and tribulations

Idioms (20)

一夫当关，万夫莫开
yī fū dāng guān , wàn fū mò kāi
  1. 1 one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
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
  1. 1 lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time. (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. Time is precious and must be treasured.
一木难支
yī mù nán zhī
  1. 1 lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one is helpless alone
一言既出，驷马难追
yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuī
  1. 1 lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
一言难尽
yī yán nán jìn
  1. 1 hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
世上无难事，只怕有心人
shì shàng wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén
  1. 1 there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)
  2. 2 persistence will overcome
事不关己
shì bù guān jǐ
  1. 1 a matter of no concern to oneself (idiom)
事不关己，高高挂起
shì bù guān jǐ , gāo gāo guà qǐ
  1. 1 to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
人命关天
rén mìng guān tiān
  1. 1 human life is beyond value (idiom)
人心难测
rén xīn nán cè
  1. 1 hard to fathom a person's mind (idiom)
介于两难
jiè yú liǎng nán
  1. 1 to be on the horns of a dilemma (idiom)
休戚相关
xiū qī xiāng guān
  1. 1 to share the same interests (idiom)
  2. 2 to be closely related
  3. 3 to be in the same boat
你走你的阳关道，我过我的独木桥
nǐ zǒu nǐ de Yáng guān Dào , wǒ guò wǒ de dú mù qiáo
  1. 1 lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you go your way, I'll go mine
  3. 3 you do it your way, I'll do it mine
劫数难逃
jié shù nán táo
  1. 1 Destiny is inexorable, there is no fleeing it (idiom). Your doom is at hand.
勉为其难
miǎn wéi qí nán
  1. 1 to tackle a difficult job (idiom)
  2. 2 to do sth reluctantly
千军易得，一将难求
qiān jūn yì dé , yī jiàng nán qiú
  1. 1 Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)
千载难逢
qiān zǎi nán féng
  1. 1 extremely rare (idiom)
  2. 2 once in a blue moon
千金难买
qiān jīn nán mǎi
  1. 1 can't be bought for one thousand in gold (idiom)
可共患难
kě gòng huàn nàn
  1. 1 to go through thick and thin together (idiom)
咬紧牙关
yǎo jǐn yá guān
  1. 1 lit. to bite the teeth tightly (idiom); fig. to grit one's teeth and bear the pain
  2. 2 to bite the bullet

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