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难得

nán dé · nan de

Traditional 難得

HSK 5Old HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. seldom
  2. rare
  3. hard to come by
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An early riser

  1. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，你(nǐ)今天(jīntiān)难得(nándé)起(qǐ)这么(zhème)早(zǎo)！

    Dengdeng, you got up so early, how rare!

  2. Dengdeng

    是啊(shìa)，我(wǒ)昨天(zuótiān)晚上(wǎnshang)八点(bādiǎn)就(jiù)睡(shuì)了(le)。

    Yes, I went to bed at eight last night.

  3. Liangliang

    八点(bādiǎn)？你(nǐ)难得(nándé)这么(zhème)早(zǎo)睡(shuì)。

    Eight? You rarely sleep this early.

  4. Dengdeng

    可是(kěshì)我(wǒ)现在(xiànzài)又(yòu)想(xiǎng)睡(shuì)了(le)。

    But now I want to sleep again.

  5. Liangliang

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)先(xiān)吃(chī)早饭(zǎofàn)，再(zài)回去(huíqu)睡(shuì)吧(ba)。

    Then let's eat breakfast first and go back to sleep.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)生(shēng)平(píng)难(nán)得(dé)做(zuò)了(le)一(yí)件(jiàn)好(hǎo)事(shì)...却(què)是(shì)没(méi)用(yòng)的(de)。

For once in my life I'm doing a good deed... And it is useless.

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

02

能(néng)向(xiàng)别(bié)人(rén)自(zì)顾(gù)自(zì)地(de)单(dān)向(xiàng)倾(qīng)诉(sù)、想(xiǎng)说(shuō)什(shén)么(me)就(jiù)说(shuō)什(shén)么(me)，这(zhè)比(bǐ)什(shén)么(me)都(dōu)难(nán)得(dé)。

To have someone you can vent to nonstop, saying absolutely anything on your mind, this is rarer than anything else.

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

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