| | how (wonderful etc) / what (a great idea etc) / however (difficult it may be etc) / (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc) / to what extent | HSK 2 |
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| | difficult / challenging / straitened circumstances / difficult situation | HSK 3 |
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| | hard to avoid / difficult to escape from / will inevitably | HSK 4 |
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| | not easy to do sth / difficult / unchanging | HSK 5 |
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| | to feel embarrassed or awkward / to make things difficult (for someone) / to find things difficult (to do or manage) | HSK 5 |
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| | to feel sad / to feel unwell / (of life) to be difficult | HSK 2 |
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| | difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good | HSK 1 |
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| | to feel unwell / to suffer pain / to be difficult to bear | HSK 2 |
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| | difficult problem | HSK 2 |
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| | difficult / hard / arduous | HSK 5 |
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| | difficult / hard / challenging | HSK 5 |
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| | to be hard on sb; to deliberately make things difficult / Taiwan pr. [diao1nan2] | HSK 7-9 |
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| | bewildered / perplexed / confused / difficult problem / perplexity | HSK 7-9 |
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| | extremely difficult | |
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| | dilemma / quandary / to face a difficult choice | |
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| | hardships / arduous / difficult | HSK 7-9 |
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| | every beginning is difficult (idiom) / getting started is always the hardest part | |
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| | to pass one's days / to scratch out a difficult, meager existence | |
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| | easy to grasp but difficult to put into practice (idiom) / easier said than done | |
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| | awkward / difficult / uncomfortable / not agreeing / at loggerheads / gauche | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to assault a fortified position / (fig.) to concentrate one's efforts on a particularly difficult part of one's mission | |
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| | (of a task, mission or responsibility) extremely difficult; challenging; demanding | HSK 7-9 |
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| | in a difficult situation / to cut a sorry figure / scoundrel! (derog.) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | hard to say; can't be sure / difficult to speak about; unpleasant to say | |
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| | lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb) / fig. it takes two persons to start a dispute / it takes two to tango / it's difficult to achieve anything without support | |
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| | dilemma / predicament / difficult situation | |
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| | difficult and dangerous / hardships and perils | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to make life difficult for / to embarrass / unable to make it through | HSK 7-9 |
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| | hard to accomplish / difficult to achieve | |
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| | (of government policy, noise pollution, crime etc) to make people's lives difficult | |
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| | resolute individual / a hard nut to crack / tough mission / difficult task | |
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| | to make sth difficult / to create obstacles | |
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| | to be nothing difficult / to be a cinch | |
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| | hard to understand / difficult to deal with / knotty / complicated | |
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| | to rise in revolt / to raise difficult questions | |
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| | to climb mountains and wade rivers (idiom); fig. to make a long and difficult journey | |
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| | to tackle a difficult job (idiom) / to do sth reluctantly | |
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| | to dig a hole / (fig.) to make things difficult for sb / (neologism) (slang) (of a writer) to start work on a new project | |
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| | with great difficulty / very difficult | |
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| | difficult to understand / cryptic | |
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| | half-cooked rice / (fig.) half-finished job that is difficult to complete because it was not done properly in the first instance / Taiwan pr. [jia4 sheng5 fan4] | |
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| | cangue / fig. difficult situation | |
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| | to act wickedly / to bully / to make life difficult for sb by unreasonable actions | |
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| | (coll.) (malicious) to make things difficult for sb; (mischievous) to play a prank on sb | |
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| | lit. the spring comes upon a withered tree (idiom) / fig. to get a new lease on life / to be revived / (of a difficult situation) to suddenly improve | |
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| | to make do in difficult circumstances by being resourceful / (of circumstances) difficult / challenging / (of a budget) tight / (of a man-made thing) makeshift / rough and ready | |
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| | to be embarrassed / to be put in a difficult situation | |
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| | It's hard to clap with only one hand. / It takes two to tango / It's difficult to achieve anything without support. | |
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| | single-log bridge / (fig.) difficult path | |
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| | it's difficult to please everyone (idiom) | |
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| | countless difficulties / extremely difficult / against all odds | |
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| | lit. to make sb wear tight shoes (idiom) / to make life difficult for sb | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to butt in / to interfere / to make things difficult | |
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| | tricky / problematic / difficult / to scratch one's head (in puzzlement) | |
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| | lit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom) / fig. to emerge strong after a period of struggle / to get to a better place after going through difficult period | |
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| | dangerous and difficult (path) | |
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| | hard to get to / difficult to travel (i.e. the road is bad) | |
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| | to free oneself / to extricate oneself from a difficult situation | |
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| | spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom) / it's no use crying over spilt milk / what's done is done and can't be reversed / the damage is done / once divorced, there's no reuniting | |
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| | difficult to understand | |
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| | character that is difficult to recognize or write | |
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| | to resolve a difficult situation and leave worries behind (idiom) | |
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| | to be unable to tolerate or endure / to find sth difficult to manage | |
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| | frost and dew / fig. difficult conditions | |
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| | (neologism c. 2024) to stubbornly endure hardships that need not be endured; to go out of one's way to make things difficult for oneself | |
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| | to sound (difficult, worthwhile etc) / to seem | |
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| | hard to say / can't guarantee / difficult to protect / difficult to preserve | |
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| | difficult to obey orders (idiom); much to my embarrassment, I am unable to comply | |
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| | extremely difficult / hard and dangerous / challenging | |
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| | tough battle; difficult task; big challenge | |
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| | to grind one's way through an ink stone / to persevere in a difficult task (idiom) / to study diligently (idiom) | |
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| | difficult songs find few singers (idiom) / highbrow | |
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| | heavy burden; difficult task; great responsibility | |
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| | extremely difficult / even more difficult | |
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| | unable to move a single step (idiom) / to be in an (extremely) difficult situation | |
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| | difficult / challenging / original | |
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| | cliff / steep slope / fig. arrogant and difficult person | |
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| | difficult birth / (fig.) difficult to achieve | |
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| | If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle. / cf idiom 磨杵成針｜磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task / to study diligently | |
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| | can't afford to offend / dare not provoke / difficult to deal with / insufferable | |
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| | difficult to pronounce | |
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| | hard task / difficult mission / arduous and unrewarding undertaking / drudgery / grind / chore | |
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| | lit. even harder than reaching the sky (idiom) / fig. extremely difficult / far from an easy task | |
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| | inconvenient / difficult for some reason / to find sth embarrassing | |
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| | in (some place) / to be in (adversity, a difficult situation, danger, turmoil etc) / to find oneself in / placed in / surrounded by | |
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| | unable to move freely / difficult to get about | |
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| | (idiom) to solve a problem / to resolve a difficult issue | |
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| | to be difficult with sb / to provoke disagreement / at loggerheads / to fall out with | |
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| | in deep water / difficult situation | |
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| | difficult / hard / hardship | |
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| | (of people) difficult to approach / inaccessible | |
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| | to manage with difficulty / only just getting by / in a difficult position | |
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| | to go through a difficult and protracted process in withdrawing from the EU, as in the case of Brexit (a play on 脫歐｜脱欧) | |
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| | lit. to avoid the wind / fig. to keep low to avoid a difficult situation / to stay out of trouble | |
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| | trying / difficult | |
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| | (idiom) howling wind and torrential rain; furious storm / (fig.) (idiom) difficult circumstances; dangerous situation | |
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| | lame / cripple / unfortunate / slow / difficult / nag (inferior horse) / donkey / lame horse | |
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| | long and difficult trek | |
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| | (usu. of people) difficult / demanding / troublesome / unreasonable / hard to deal with | |
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| | to get one's father involved in a difficult situation / (vulgar) (of sth that makes one feel misled or let down etc) to be a big disappointment | |
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