"難上難" meaning in Chinese

See 難上難 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /nän³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ nän³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /nän³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ nän³⁵/ Chinese transliterations: nánshàngnán [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄋㄢˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], nánshàngnán [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], nánshàngnán [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], nan²-shang⁴-nan² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], nán-shàng-nán [Mandarin, Yale], nanshanqnan [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], наньшаннань [Mandarin, Palladius], nanʹšannanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius] Forms: 难上难
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 難上難
  1. to be extremely difficult Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-難上難-zh-phrase-q0o76ds~ Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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        "to be extremely difficult"
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          "extremely",
          "extremely"
        ],
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          "difficult",
          "difficult"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nánshàngnán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄋㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nánshàngnán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nánshàngnán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nan²-shang⁴-nan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nán-shàng-nán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nanshanqnan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "наньшаннань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nanʹšannanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nän³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ nän³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nän³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ nän³⁵/"
    }
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  "word": "難上難"
}
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
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        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese palindromes",
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        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
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      ],
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        "to be extremely difficult"
      ],
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          "extremely",
          "extremely"
        ],
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        ]
      ],
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      ]
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  ],
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    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nánshàngnán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄋㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nánshàngnán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nánshàngnán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nan²-shang⁴-nan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nán-shàng-nán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nanshanqnan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "наньшаннань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nanʹšannanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nän³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ nän³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nän³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ nän³⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "難上難"
}

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