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难以

nán yǐ · nan yi

Traditional 難以

HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. hard to (predict, imagine etc)
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Hard to believe

  1. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)今天(jīntiān)考(kǎo)了(le)一百分(yībǎifēn)！

    I got a hundred today!

  2. Liangliang

    难以(nányǐ)相信(xiāngxìn)！你(nǐ)不是(bùshì)没(méi)复习(fùxí)吗(ma)？

    Hard to believe! Didn't you skip studying?

  3. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)也(yě)难以(nányǐ)相信(xiāngxìn)。

    I find it hard to believe too.

  4. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)怎么(zěnme)做到(zuòdào)的(de)？

    How did you do it?

  5. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)昨晚(zuówǎn)梦到(mèngdào)了(le)答案(dáàn)！

    I dreamed the answers last night!

  6. Liangliang

    更(gèng)难以(nányǐ)相信(xiāngxìn)的(de)是(shì)，你(nǐ)还(hái)记得(jìde)。

    Even harder to believe is that you remember.

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2 examples
01

人(rén)们(men)难(nán)以(yǐ)审(shěn)视(shì)和(hé)纠(jiū)正(zhèng)自(zì)身(shēn)的(de)问(wèn)题(tí)。

It's hard for people to examine and correct their own flaws.

Tatoeba: Chinese by jan_OkulaJu · English by jan_OkulaJu · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)个(ge)消(xiāo)息(xi)太(tài)突(tū)然(rán)，我(wǒ)难(nán)以(yǐ)相(xiāng)信(xìn)。

This news is so sudden that I find it hard to believe.

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