難乎為繼 in Chinese

IPA: /nän³⁵ xu⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /nän³⁵ xu⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/ Chinese transliterations: nánhūwéijì [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], nánhūwéijì [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], nánhuwéijì [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], nan²-hu¹-wei²-chi⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], nán-hū-wéi-jì [Mandarin, Yale, standard], nanhuweijih [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], наньхувэйцзи [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], nanʹxuvɛjczi [Mandarin, Palladius, standard] Forms: 难乎为继 [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 難乎為繼

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        "difficult to sustain; hard to keep up"
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          "word": "難以為繼／难以为继"
        },
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          "roman": "nányǐwéijì",
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄨ ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧˋ"
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        "Mandarin",
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        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄨ ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
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      "zh-pron": "nánhuwéijì"
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    {
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        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
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      "zh-pron": "nan²-hu¹-wei²-chi⁴"
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    {
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        "standard"
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      "zh-pron": "nán-hū-wéi-jì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nanhuweijih"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "наньхувэйцзи"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nanʹxuvɛjczi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nän³⁵ xu⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nän³⁵ xu⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "難乎為繼"
}

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      "form": "难乎为继",
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      ]
    }
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        "Chinese idioms",
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        "Chinese terms spelled with 乎",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 為",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 繼",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 難",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
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      ],
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          "sustain",
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        ],
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄨ ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nánhūwéijì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄨ ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nánhuwéijì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nan²-hu¹-wei²-chi⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nán-hū-wéi-jì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nanhuweijih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "наньхувэйцзи"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nanʹxuvɛjczi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nän³⁵ xu⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nän³⁵ xu⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "nányǐwéijì",
      "word": "難以為繼／难以为继"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nányǐwéijì",
      "word": "難以為繼"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nányǐwéijì",
      "word": "难以为继"
    }
  ],
  "word": "難乎為繼"
}

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"難乎為繼" meaning in Chinese

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