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难题

nántí

difficult problem

A person facing a tangled knot
Memory picture

Characters in this word

难 nán

Strokes
10
Radical
又 — and, also, again, in addition
Made of
又 and, also, again, in addition 隹 short-tailed bird
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

题 tí

Strokes
15
Radical
页 — page, sheet, leaf
Made of
是 to be 页 page, sheet, leaf
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 这是难题。 Zhè shì nántí. This is a difficult problem.
  • 难题来了。 Nántí lái le. A difficult problem has come up.
  • 我有难题。 Wǒ yǒu nántí. I have a difficult problem.

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