难闻 (難聞)
nán wén
Pinyin

Definition

难闻 (難聞)
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nán wén
  1. unpleasant smell
  2. stink

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

困难
kùn nan
  1. 1 difficult
  2. 2 challenging
  3. 3 straitened circumstances
  4. 4 difficult situation
新闻
xīn wén
  1. 1 news
  2. 2 classifier: 条 tiáo
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
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

Idioms (20)

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
不闻不问
bù wén bù wèn
  1. 1 not to hear, not to question (idiom)
  2. 2 to show no interest in sth
  3. 3 uncritical
  4. 4 not in the least concerned

Sample Sentences

我也闻到了，好难闻。
wǒ yě wéndào le ，hǎo nánwén 。
I smell it too. It's really bad.
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中药的气味很难闻吧？
zhōngyào de qìwèi hěn nánwén ba ？
Isn't traditional Chinese medicine really smelly?
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难闻。我最怕烧香的味道了。真搞不懂为什么有那么多人要去求神拜佛。
nánwén 。wǒ zuì pà shāoxiāng de wèidao le 。zhēn gǎobudǒng wèishénme yǒu nàme duō rén yào qù qiúshén bàifó 。
Bad-smelling. The smell of burning incense is the worst. I just don't get why so many people pray to Buddha for help.
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