Adj.difficult; hard; arduous

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Character Breakdown

艰难 consists of 2 characters.

How to Use 艰难 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 艰难 with other words naturally.
Adverb + Verbwith前进
jiān
nán
qián
jìn
neutral
advance with difficulty
Subject + Predicatewith生活
shēng
huó
jiān
nán
neutral
difficult life
Idiomwith困苦
jiān
nán
kùn
formal
hardships and difficulties
Noun + Adjectivewith处境
chù
jìng
jiān
nán
formalWritten
difficult situation

Example Sentences with 艰难

zǒu
hěn
jiān
nán
Walking is very difficult.
gōng
zhuǎn
xíng
de
guò
chéng
cháng
jiān
nán
yào
quán
yuán
gōng
de
gòng
tóng
The process of corporate transformation is exceptionally arduous, requiring the joint efforts of all employees.
nán
dào
jué
de
zuò
chū
zhè
ge
jué
dìng
fēi
cháng
jiān
nán
ma
Don't you think making this decision is extremely difficult?
shēng
huó
hěn
jiān
nán
dàn
cóng
bào
yuàn
His life is very difficult, but he never complains.
jǐn
guǎn
qián
jiān
nán
men
cóng
wèi
fàng
xún
zhǎo
jiě
jué
wèn
de
fāng
àn
Although the road ahead is hard, they never gave up looking for solutions to the problem.
bìng
méi
yǒu
zài
jiān
nán
de
shí
xuǎn
tuì退
suō
fǎn
ér
gèng
jiā
jiān
dìng
le
He did not choose to retreat in difficult times; on the contrary, he became more determined.
zài
jiān
nán
de
huán
jìng
zhōng
rán
bǎo
chí
zhe
guān
de
xīn
tài
In difficult circumstances, she still maintains an optimistic attitude.
chuàng
chū
jīn
duǎn
quē
měi
dōu
zǒu
shí
fēn
jiān
nán
In the early stages of starting a business, with a shortage of funds, every step was taken with great difficulty.