困难 (kùnnan) means Difficulties (poor - adversities). Below are 24 of the 25 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
遇到 困难 的时候别着急。
Yùdào kùnnan de shíhou bié zháojí.
Do not panic when you run into difficulties.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 困难
这个工作有一点儿 困难 。
Zhège gōngzuò yǒu yìdiǎnr kùnnan.
This job is a little difficult.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 困难
他经历过很多 困难 。
Tā jīnglì guo hěn duō kùnnan.
He has been through many difficulties.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 经历
他克服了很多 困难 。
Tā kèfú le hěn duō kùnnan.
He overcame many difficulties.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 克服
他从不向 困难 屈服。
Tā cóng bù xiàng kùnnan qūfú.
He never yields to difficulty.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 屈服
他从不向 困难 投降。
Tā cóng bù xiàng kùnnan tóuxiáng.
He never surrenders to difficulty.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 投降
遇到 困难 不要太悲观。
Yùdào kùnnan bùyào tài bēiguān.
Do not be too pessimistic when you meet difficulties.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 悲观
困难 让他变得更坚强。
Kùnnan ràng tā biàn de gèng jiānqiáng.
Hardship made him stronger.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 坚强
公司面临很大的 困难 。
Gōngsī miànlín hěn dà de kùnnan.
The company faces great difficulties.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 面临
遇到 困难 也别轻易放弃。
Yùdào kùnnan yě bié qīngyì fàngqì.
Do not give up easily when you meet difficulties.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 放弃
遇到 困难 也别失去信心。
Yùdào kùnnan yě bié shīqù xìnxīn.
Do not lose confidence even when things are hard.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 信心
遇到 困难 要勇敢一点儿。
Yùdào kùnnan yào yǒnggǎn yìdiǎnr.
Be a bit braver when you meet difficulties.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 勇敢
我们要勇敢地面对 困难 。
Wǒmen yào yǒnggǎn de miànduì kùnnan.
We should face difficulties bravely.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 面对
他现在的处境十分 困难 。
Tā xiànzài de chǔjìng shífēn kùnnan.
The position he is in now is extremely difficult.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 处境
我们要正视当前的 困难 。
Wǒmen yào zhèngshì dāngqián de kùnnan.
We must face up to the present difficulties.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 当前
面对 困难 ，我们不能胆怯。
Miànduì kùnnan, wǒmen bù néng dǎnqiè.
We must not lose our nerve in the face of difficulty.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 胆怯
面对 困难 要有男子汉的气概。
Miànduì kùnnan yào yǒu nánzǐhàn de qìgài.
Face difficulty with a man's mettle.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 气概
倘若有 困难 ，随时可以找我。
Tǎngruò yǒu kùnnan, suíshí kěyǐ zhǎo wǒ.
Should you have any difficulty, come to me at any time.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 倘若
困难 可以磨炼一个人的意志。
Kùnnan kěyǐ móliàn yí ge rén de yìzhì.
Hardship can temper a person's will.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 意志
公司的资金周转出现了 困难 。
Gōngsī de zījīn zhōuzhuǎn chūxiàn le kùnnan.
The company ran into difficulty with its cash flow.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 周转
他想方设法帮助有 困难 的学生。
Tā xiǎng fāng shè fǎ bāngzhù yǒu kùnnan de xuésheng.
He does everything he can to help students in difficulty.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 想方设法
面对 困难 ，讲究策略比蛮干有用。
Miànduì kùnnan, jiǎngjiu cèlüè bǐ mángàn yǒuyòng.
Facing difficulties, a considered strategy beats brute force.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 策略
即使在最 困难 的时候，他也没有绝望。
Jíshǐ zài zuì kùnnan de shíhou, tā yě méiyǒu jué wàng.
Even at the hardest of times he did not despair.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 绝望
只要齐心协力，没有克服不了的 困难 。
Zhǐyào qíxīnxiélì, méiyǒu kèfú bu liǎo de kùnnan.
If we work as one, no difficulty is insurmountable.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 齐心协力
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困难 appears in 25 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
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How is 困难 used in a sentence?
This page shows 25 sentences using 困难 (kùnnan, "Difficulties (poor - adversities)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 困难 an HSK word?
Yes — 困难 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
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