難乎其難 in Chinese

IPA: /nän³⁵ xu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ nän³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /nän³⁵ xu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ nän³⁵/ Chinese transliterations: nánhūqínán [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄑㄧˊ ㄋㄢˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], nánhūqínán [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄑㄧˊ ㄋㄢˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], nánhucínán [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], nan²-hu¹-chʻi²-nan² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], nán-hū-chí-nán [Mandarin, Yale, standard], nanhuchyinan [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], наньхуцинань [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], nanʹxucinanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard] Forms: 难乎其难 [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 難乎其難

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          "extremely",
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      "zh-pron": "nánhūqínán"
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        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄋㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nánhūqínán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄋㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nánhucínán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nan²-hu¹-chʻi²-nan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nán-hū-chí-nán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nanhuchyinan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "наньхуцинань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nanʹxucinanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nän³⁵ xu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ nän³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nän³⁵ xu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ nän³⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "難乎其難"
}

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{
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    {
      "form": "难乎其难",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
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        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 乎",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 其",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 難",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be extremely difficult"
      ],
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        [
          "extremely",
          "extremely"
        ],
        [
          "difficult",
          "difficult"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nánhūqínán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄋㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nánhūqínán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄋㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nánhucínán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nan²-hu¹-chʻi²-nan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nán-hū-chí-nán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nanhuchyinan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "наньхуцинань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nanʹxucinanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nän³⁵ xu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ nän³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nän³⁵ xu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ nän³⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "難乎其難"
}

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"難乎其難" meaning in Chinese

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