lǎo​dà​nán

long-standing and difficult

  • created sense approved 老大难/老大難 · lǎo​dà​nán · long-standing and difficult — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    老大难 / 老大難

    lǎo​dà​nán

    long-standing and difficult

    (of a problem or task) serious, complex, and difficult to resolve for a long period of time

    老 (literal) → 老 · lǎo · long-standing 大 (literal) → 大 · dà · big 难 (literal) → 难/難 · nán · difficult

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  • created sense approved 老大难/老大難 · lǎo​dà​nán · chronic problem — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    老大难 / 老大難

    lǎo​dà​nán

    chronic problem

    persistent, difficult-to-solve problem, or a unit or organization plagued by such problems

    老 (literal) → 老 · lǎo · long-standing 大 (literal) → 大 · dà · big 难 (literal) → 难/難 · nán · difficult

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

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