diāo​nàn HSK7

to be hard on someone

  • created reference approved 刁难/刁難 → 为难/為難 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    刁难 / 刁難 diāo​nàn

    为难 / 為難 wéi​nán

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 刁难/刁難 · diāo​nàn · to be hard on someone — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    刁难 / 刁難

    diāo​nàn

    to be hard on someone

    to deliberately make things difficult for someone; to create difficulties for the purpose of harassment; to pick on someone

    diāo​nán

    刁 (literal) → 刁 · diāo · to make difficult 难 (literal) → 难/難 · nán · to challenge

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense