难于登天

Traditional form:

難於登天

Pinyin (reading):

nányúdēngtiān

Definitions:

• harder than climbing to heaven (idiom)

Characters:

• 难 - hard, difficult, arduous; unable
• 于 - at, in, on; to, from; alas!
• 登 - to rise, to mount, to board, to climb
• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial

Traditional characters:

• 難 - hard, difficult, arduous; unable
• 於 - at, in, on; to, from; alas!
• 登 - to rise, to mount, to board, to climb
• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial