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難言
难言
nán
yán
(formal) to be hard to say; to be difficult to talk about
to be hard to say; to be difficult to talk about
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Entry Composition
=1
難
nán
difficult (to...)
problem
difficulty
difficult
not good
=1
難
nàn
disaster
distress
to scold
2
言
yán
words
speech
to say
to talk
Containing this entry
隱秘難言
yǐn
mì
nán
yán
too embarrassing to mention
難言之隱
nán
yán
zhī
yǐn
a hidden trouble hard to mention (idiom)
sth too embarrassing to mention
an embarrassing illness
有口難言
yǒu
kǒu
nán
yán