困难

kùnnan

difficulty; difficult

adjectivenounHSK 3.0 word list · Band 4trad. 困難
Dictionary entry

difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances

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See it in sentences

学习上有困难就问老师。

Xuéxí shàng yǒu kùnnan jiù wèn lǎoshī.

English

Ask the teacher when study gets hard.

他不怕困难。

Tā bú pà kùnnan.

English

He is not afraid of difficulties.

Goes with

  • 很困难very difficult
  • 有困难have difficulties
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