Usage of the character 艰
jiān
                艰
            [艱]
        - difficult
- hard
- hardship
jiānkǔ
                艰苦
            [艱苦]
        - difficult
- hard
- arduous
dīngjiān
                丁艰
            [丁艱]
        - (literary) to be in mourning after the death of a parent
jiānjù
                艰巨
            [艱巨]
        - variant of 艱鉅/艰巨 (jiānjù)
jiānxiǎn
                艰险
            [艱險]
        - difficult and dangerous
- hardships and perils
jiānjù
                艰巨
            [艱鉅]
        - (of a task, mission or responsibility) extremely difficult; challenging; demanding
jiānnán
                艰难
            [艱難]
        - difficult
- hard
- challenging
jiānshēn
                艰深
            [艱深]
        - abstruse
- complicated
jiānxīn
                艰辛
            [艱辛]
        - hardships
- arduous
- difficult
jiānjùxìng
                艰巨性
            [艱巨性]
        - arduousness
- formidability
- difficulty
bùbìjiānxiǎn
                不避艰险
            [不避艱險]
        - shrink or flinch from no difficulty or danger
- make light of difficulties and dangers
jiānshēnhuìsè
                艰深晦涩
            [艱深晦澀]
        - abstruse and unfathomable (idiom)
jiānkǔfèndòu
                艰苦奋斗
            [艱苦奮鬥]
        - to struggle arduously
bèichángjiānkǔ
                备尝艰苦
            [備嘗艱苦]
        - see 備嘗辛苦/备尝辛苦 (bèicháng-xīnkǔ)
jǔbùwéijiān
                举步维艰
            [舉步維艱]
        - to make progress only with great difficulty (idiom)
bùlüwéijiān
                步履维艰
            [步履維艱]
        - to have difficulty walking (idiom)
- to walk with difficulty
rénjiānbùchāi
                人艰不拆
            [人艱不拆]
        - life is hard enough as it is; don't burst my bubble (Internet slang)
jiānnánxiǎnzǔ
                艰难险阻
            [艱難險阻]
        - untold dangers and difficulties (idiom)
jiānkǔpǔsù
                艰苦朴素
            [艱苦樸素]
        - leading a plain, hardworking life (idiom)
