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难度

nán dù · nan du

Traditional 難度

HSK 3

Meaning

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  1. degree of difficulty
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A very hard puzzle

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)买(mǎi)的(de)这个(zhège)拼图(pīntú)有(yǒu)多少(duōshao)块(kuài)？

    How many pieces does the jigsaw puzzle you bought have?

  2. Dengdeng

    两千(liǎngqiān)块(kuài)，难度(nándù)五(wǔ)颗(kē)星(xīng)！

    Two thousand pieces, five stars of difficulty!

  3. Liangliang

    难度(nándù)这么(zhème)高(gāo)，你(nǐ)拼(pīn)得(de)完(wán)吗(ma)？

    With such high difficulty, can you finish it?

  4. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)拼(pīn)了(le)三天(sāntiān)，终于(zhōngyú)拼完(pīnwán)了(le)，可是(kěshì)少(shǎo)了(le)一块(yīkuài)。

    I worked on it for three days and finally finished, but one piece is missing.

  5. Liangliang

    那(nà)最(zuì)大(dà)的(de)难度(nándù)，是(shì)找(zhǎo)那(nà)一块(yīkuài)吧(ba)。

    Then the biggest difficulty is finding that piece.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

均(jūn)分(fēn)蛋(dàn)糕(gāo)有(yǒu)些(xiē)难(nán)度(dù)。

Cutting a cake into equal pieces is rather difficult.

Tatoeba: Chinese by verdastelo9604 · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)道(dào)题(tí)的(de)难(nán)度(dù)比(bǐ)我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)象(xiàng)的(de)高(gāo)很(hěn)多(duō)。

The difficulty of this question is much higher than I imagined.

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难
nán

difficult (to...); problem

度
dù

to pass; to spend (time)

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