Word: 難 (nán) difficult (to...); difficult

中文並不是世界上最難的語言。

Zhōngwén bìng bú shì shìjiè shàng zuì nán de yǔyán.

Chinese is not the hardest language in the world.

中文比其他外語難。

Zhōngwén bǐ qítā wàiyǔ nán.

Chinese is more difficult than other foreign languages.

為什麼改變那麼難？

Wèishénme gǎibiàn nàme nán?

Why is change so hard?

他很難兼顧事業和家庭。

Tā hěn nán jiāngù shìyè hé jiātíng.

It is hard for him to balance his career and family.

他很難寫他的名字。

Tā hěn nán xiě tā de míngzi.

He can scarcely write his name.

他很難對付。

Tā hěn nán duìfu.

He is hard to deal with.

他很難掩飾對自己成功的驕傲。

Tā hěn nán yǎnshì duì zìjǐ chénggōng de jiāo'ào.

It was difficult for him to hide his pride in his success.

他是個很難相處的男人。

Tā shì gè hěn nán xiāngchǔ de nánrén.

He is a man hard to get on with.

他深陷債務的泥潭，很難脫身。

Tā shēnxiàn zhàiwù de nítán, hěn nán tuōshēn.

He is deep in a quagmire of debt and can hardly get out.

他這個人很難相處。

Tā zhège rén hěn nán xiāngchǔ.

He is difficult to get along with.

你應該覺得不難。

Nǐ yīnggāi juéde bù nán.

That shouldn't be hard for you.

俄語很難學。

Éyǔ hěn nán xué.

Russian is hard to learn.

俄語非常難學。

Éyǔ fēicháng nán xué.

Russian is very difficult to learn.

信貸緊縮讓小公司很難借錢。

Xìndài jǐnsuō ràng xiǎo gōngsī hěn nán jièqián.

The credit tightening makes it hard for small companies to borrow money.

其中一些似乎太難了。

Qízhōng yìxiē sìhū tài nánle.

Some of them seem to be too difficult.

再難也要做！

Zài nán yě yào zuò!

Do it, no matter how hard!

衝浪看起來容易，其實很難學。

Chōnglàng kànqǐlai róngyì, qíshí hěn nán xué.

Surfing looks easy, but it's actually hard to learn.

剛到大城市，他很難立足。

Gāng dào Dàchéng Shì, tā hěn nán lìzú.

Having just arrived in the big city, he finds it hard to get a footing.

在嘈雜的教室里，孩子很難專心。

Zài cáozá de jiàoshì lǐ, háizi hěn nán zhuānxīn.

In a noisy classroom, it's hard for children to concentrate.

在這個城市，很難打到的。

Zài zhège chéngshì, hěn nán dǎ dào de.

It's very hard getting a taxi in this city.

大熊貓很難孕育後代。

Dàxióngmāo hěn nán yùnyù hòudài.

Giant pandas have a hard time producing offspring.

大雪使得路上很難走。

Dàxuě shǐde lùshang hěn nán zǒu.

The heavy snow made the roads hard to travel.

如果你學習的話，這不難的。

Rúguǒ nǐ xuéxí dehuà, zhè bù nán de.

It's not difficult if you study.

學法語不難。

Xué Fǎyǔ bù nán.

Learning French isn't hard.

學游泳其實不難，入門很快。

Xué yóuyǒng qíshí bù nán, rùmén hěn kuài.

Learning to swim isn't actually hard, and you pick up the basics quickly.

學這個很難。

Xué zhège hěn nán.

This is very difficult to learn.

實際上沒有那麼難。

Shíjìshàng méiyǒu nàme nán.

It's actually not that difficult.

小店難和大商場抗衡。

Xiǎodiàn nán hé dà shāngchǎng kànghéng.

A small shop can hardly compete with a big mall.

很難找到合適的翻譯。

Hěn nán zhǎodào héshì de fānyì.

It's hard to find a suitable translation.

德才兼備的人很難找。

Décáijiānbèi de rén hěn nán zhǎo.

People with both integrity and talent are hard to find.

德語真的很難。

Déyǔ zhēnde hěn nán.

German is really difficult.

德語難學嗎？

Déyǔ nán xué ma?

Is it hard to learn German?

性格很難被別人改造。

Xìnggé hěn nán bèi biéren gǎizào.

A person's character is hard for others to remold.

總統很難接近。

Zǒngtǒng hěn nán jiējìn.

The president is difficult to approach.

意大利語不難。

Yìdàlìyǔ bù nán.

Italian isn't difficult.

我們發現很難決定買哪個。

Wǒmen fāxiàn hěn nán juédìng mǎi nǎge.

We are finding it difficult to decide which one to buy.

我們覺得很難決定買哪一個。

Wǒmen juéde hěn nán juédìng mǎi nǎ yí gè.

We find it difficult to decide which one to buy.

我發現讀這本書很難。

Wǒ fāxiàn dú zhè běn shū hěn nán.

I found it difficult to read the book.

我很難找到他的房子。

Wǒ hěn nán zhǎodào tā de fángzi.

I had some trouble in finding his house.

我很難相信。

Wǒ hěn nán xiāngxìn.

I am finding it very difficult to believe.

我想學中文，但是漢字很難。

Wǒ xiǎng xué Zhōngwén, dànshì hànzì hěn nán.

I want to learn Chinese, but the characters are difficult.

我知道，要相信這件事很難。

Wǒ zhīdào, yào xiāngxìn zhè jiàn shì hěn nán.

I know it's difficult to believe.

我覺得世界語很難學。

Wǒ juéde Shìjièyǔ hěn nán xué.

In my opinion, Esperanto is very difficult.

我覺得很難和他相處。

Wǒ juéde hěn nán hé tā xiāngchǔ.

I found it difficult to get along with him.

我覺得很難用言語表達我的意思。

Wǒ juéde hěn nán yòng yányǔ biǎodá wǒ de yìsi.

I find it difficult to express my meaning in words.

我覺得德語很難。

Wǒ juéde Déyǔ hěn nán.

I feel that the German language can be very difficult.

我覺得這個測試很難。

Wǒ juéde zhège cèshì hěn nán.

I found the test difficult.

我認為它很難。

Wǒ rènwéi tā hěn nán.

I think it's very difficult.

我認為法文很難學。

Wǒ rènwéi Fǎwén hěn nán xué.

In my opinion, French is a hard language to learn.

把英語說得好很難。

Bǎ Yīngyǔ shuō de hǎo hěn nán.

It's hard to speak English well.

日子再難，也得挨過去。

Rìzi zài nán, yě de āi guòqù.

No matter how hard life gets, we have to get through it.

日本人和中國人有時很難分辨。

Rìběn rén hé Zhōngguórén yǒushí hěn nán fēnbiàn.

It is not always easy to distinguish the Japanese from the Chinese.

是非對錯並不難分。

Shìfēi duì cuò bìng bù nán fēn.

It's easy to distinguish good from evil.

是非對錯，有時很難分辨。

Shìfēi duì cuò, yǒushí hěn nán fēnbiàn.

It is sometimes hard to tell right from wrong.

有些人覺得法語是一種難的語言。

Yǒuxiē rén juéde Fǎyǔ shì yìzhǒng nán de yǔyán.

Some people think that French is a difficult language.

有些音特別難發。

Yǒuxiē yīn tèbié nán fā.

Some sounds are really hard to pronounce.

有時我們很難控制自己的情緒。

Yǒushí wǒmen hěn nán kòngzhì zìjǐ de qíngxù.

It's sometimes difficult to control our feelings.

此次考試比上次難多了。

Cǐcì kǎoshì bǐ shàngcì nán duō le.

This exam was much harder than the last one.

水和油很難分離。

Shuǐ hé yóu hěn nán fēnlí.

Water and oil are hard to separate.

漢字很難學。

Hànzì hěn nán xué.

Chinese characters are difficult to learn.

漢字很難讀。

Hànzì hěn nán dú.

Kanji are difficult to read.

漢語學起來沒那麼難。

Hànyǔ xué qǐlai méi nàme nán.

Chinese is not too difficult to learn.

法文不難學。

Fǎwén bù nán xué.

French isn't difficult to learn.

法文好難，不想學了。

Fǎwén hǎo nán, bùxiǎng xué le.

French is so difficult that I don't want to learn it any more.

法語太難了，我不想學。

Fǎyǔ tài nánle, wǒ bùxiǎng xué.

French is too hard. I don't want to learn it.

濕木頭很難點火。

Shī mùtou hěn nán diǎnhuǒ.

Wet wood is hard to ignite.

現實和幻想是很難區分的。

Xiànshí hé huànxiǎng shì hěn nán qūfēn de.

Reality and fantasy are hard to distinguish.

理科比文科難。

Lǐkē bǐ wénkē nán.

The natural sciences are harder than the social sciences.

生活是難的。

Shēnghuó shì nán de.

Life is hard.

用筷子吃飯難嗎？

Yòng kuàizi chīfàn nán ma?

Is eating with chopsticks difficult?

童年的創傷很難忘記。

Tóngnián de chuāngshāng hěn nán wàngjì.

The trauma of childhood is hard to forget.

糖粘在手上了，很難洗掉。

Táng nián zài shǒushàng le, hěn nán xǐ diào.

The sugar stuck to my hands and is hard to wash off.

經濟低迷的時候，找工作很難。

Jīngjì dīmí de shíhou, zhǎo gōngzuò hěn nán.

When the economy is in a slump, finding a job is hard.

維持一個人的聲譽是很難的。

Wéichí yí gè rén de shēngyù shì hěn nán de.

It is hard to maintain one's reputation.

考官沒有刁難我，問題都不難。

Kǎoguān méiyǒu diāonàn wǒ, wèntí dōu bù nán.

The examiner didn't give me a hard time, and the questions weren't difficult.

英文並不難學。

Yīngwén bìng bù nán xué.

English is not hard to learn.

英語並不難學。

Yīngyǔ bìng bù nán xué.

English is not difficult to learn.

英語很難，不是嗎？

Yīngyǔ hěn nán, bú shì ma?

English is difficult, isn't it?

英語很難學。

Yīngyǔ hěn nán xué.

English is difficult to learn.

英語是一種難學的語言。

Yīngyǔ shì yìzhǒng nán xué de yǔyán.

English is a hard language to learn.

茂密的森林里很難找到路。

Màomì de sēnlín lǐ hěn nán zhǎodào lù.

It's hard to find the way in a dense forest.

行情不好，生意很難做。

Hángqíng bù hǎo, shēngyi hěn nán zuò.

The market is weak, so business is hard.

要改變歷史是很難的。

Yào gǎibiàn lìshǐ shì hěn nán de.

Changing history is difficult.

計劃很好，可是很難實施。

Jìhuà hěn hǎo, kěshì hěn nán shíshī.

The plan is good, but it's hard to carry out.

說法語真有那麼難嗎？

Shuō Fǎyǔ zhēn yǒu nàme nán ma?

Is it really that hard to speak French?

說英語不難。

Shuō Yīngyǔ bù nán.

It is not difficult to speak English.

說英語很難。

Shuō Yīngyǔ hěn nán.

Speaking English is difficult.

跟不情願的人很難一起工作。

Gēn bù qíngyuàn de rén hěn nán yìqǐ gōngzuò.

It is very difficult to work with people who are not willing to do so.

車站外面很難打到出租車。

Chēzhàn wàimiàn hěn nán dǎ dào chūzūchē.

It's hard to get a taxi outside the station.

近日總下雨，衣服難幹。

Jìnrì zǒng xiàyǔ, yīfu nán gàn.

It's been raining these past few days, so clothes are hard to get dry.

這不應該這麼難。

Zhè bù yīnggāi zhème nán.

This shouldn't be so hard.

這個城市很難打到出租車。

Zhège chéngshì hěn nán dǎ dào chūzūchē.

It's very hard getting a taxi in this city.

這個字很難發音。

Zhège zì hěn nán fāyīn.

This word is difficult to pronounce.

這個很難學會。

Zhège hěn nán xuéhuì.

This is difficult to master.

這個詞很難。

Zhège cí hěn nán.

This word is difficult.

這個問題太難了，我說不出來答案。

Zhège wèntí tài nánle, wǒ shuō bù chūlái dá'àn.

The question is too hard - I can't answer it.

這個問題很難回答。

Zhège wèntí hěn nán huídá.

The question was too difficult to answer.

這個問題讓小學生解決太難了。

Zhège wèntí ràng xiǎoxuéshēng jiějué tài nánle.

This problem is too difficult for primary school children to solve.

這麼難的動作，小孩子學不會。

Zhème nán de dòngzuò, xiǎoháizi xué búhuì.

Children can't learn movements this difficult.

這些漢字對我們來說不太難。

Zhèxiē hànzì duì wǒmen lái shuō bú tài nán.

These Chinese characters are not too difficult for us.