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)