艱難 (gaan1 naan4) — difficult; hard. Cant. prefers 艱難 over 困難. Mand. prefers 困難 over 艱難 in Cantonese
gaanˉ¹艱naanˎ₄難简 艰难
Mandarin Pinyin: jian1 nan2
Meaning of 艱難
noundifficult; hard. Cant. prefers 艱難 over 困難. Mand. prefers 困難 over 艱難
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