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难过

nán guò · nan guo

Traditional 難過

HSK 2Old HSK 3

Meaning

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  1. to feel sad
  2. to feel unwell
  3. (of life) to be difficult
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The sleeping turtle

  1. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)有点(yǒudiǎn)难过(nánguò)。

    I feel a bit sad.

  2. Liangliang

    怎么(zěnme)了(le)？

    What happened?

  3. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)的(de)小(xiǎo)乌龟(wūguī)不(bù)理(lǐ)我(wǒ)了(le)。

    My little turtle ignores me now.

  4. Liangliang

    它(tā)只是(zhǐshì)在(zài)睡觉(shuìjiào)，别(bié)难过(nánguò)。

    It is just sleeping. Don't be sad.

  5. Dengdeng

    真的(zhēnde)吗(ma)？那(nà)我(wǒ)不(bù)难过(nánguò)了(le)。

    Really? Then I am not sad now.

  6. Liangliang

    乌龟(wūguī)冬天(dōngtiān)会(huì)睡(shuì)很(hěn)久(jiǔ)。

    Turtles sleep for a long time in winter.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

听(tīng)到(dào)这(zhè)个(ge)消(xiāo)息(xi)我(wǒ)很(hěn)难(nán)过(guò)。

I feel very sad hearing this news.

02

那(nà)几(jǐ)年(nián)他(tā)们(men)家(jiā)日(rì)子(zi)很(hěn)难(nán)过(guò)。

In those years, life was very hard for their family.

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难
nán

difficult (to...); problem

过
guò

to cross; to go over

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