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艰 jiān

difficult, hard; hardship

Strokes
8
Level
HSK 5
Radical
又
Traditional
艱
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 又艮 ⿰又艮

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  1. 这是一项艰巨的任务。
    Zhè shì yí xiàng jiānjù de rènwu.
    This is an arduous task.
    this is one (measure) arduous (particle) task
  2. 那段日子过得艰苦吗？
    Nà duàn rìzi guò de jiānkǔ ma?
    Were those days lived through hard?
    that (measure) days live (particle) hard (question)
  3. 面对艰难的处境，我们要冷静应对。
    Miànduì jiānnán de chǔjìng, wǒmen yào lěngjìng yìngduì.
    Facing a difficult situation, we should respond calmly.
    face difficult (particle) situation we should calmly respond
  4. 这项工作并不艰巨，很快就能完成。
    Zhè xiàng gōngzuò bìng bù jiānjù, hěn kuài jiù néng wánchéng.
    This job isn't arduous at all; it can be finished very quickly.
    this (measure) job at-all not arduous very fast then can complete
  5. 创业初期，他经历了很多艰苦的日子。
    Chuàngyè chūqī, tā jīnglì le hěn duō jiānkǔ de rìzi.
    In the early days of starting his business, he went through many hard days.
    start-business early-period he experience (particle) very many hard (particle) days

Words with 艰 (3)