难保

難保
nánbǎo
  1. hard to say
  2. can't guarantee
  3. difficult to protect
  4. difficult to preserve

CEDICT

  1. (formal) to be difficult to ensure the safety of; to be difficult to protect
  2. (formal) to be unable to be guaranteed; to be difficult to guarantee
  3. to be difficult to ensure the safety of; to be difficult to protect
  4. to be unable to be guaranteed; to be difficult to guarantee

Wiktionary

  1. 难以保全。
  2. 不敢断定、不敢保证。

重編國語辭典

Examples

白色的地毡很难保持乾淨。

White carpets are very hard to keep clean.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 难 nán
  1. difficult (to...)
  2. problem
  3. difficulty
  4. difficult
  5. not good
2 保 bǎo
  1. to defend; to protect; to keep
  2. to guarantee; to ensure
  3. (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲 bǎojiǎ system

Containing this entry

自身难保 zìshēnnánbǎo powerless to defend oneself (idiom); helpless
朝夕难保 zhāoxīnánbǎo