刁难
diāonàn
to make things difficult for; to obstruct deliberately
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
Example phrases
- 他并非真正想解决问题，只是利用审批程序故意刁难创业者。 Tā bìngfēi zhēnzhèng xiǎng jiějué wèntí, zhǐshì lìyòng shěnpī chéngxù gùyì diāonàn chuàngyèzhě. He did not truly want to solve the problem; he was merely using the approval process to deliberately make things difficult for entrepreneurs.
- 店员故意刁难客人，不肯给他换货。 Diànyuán gùyì diāonàn kèrén, bù kěn gěi tā huàn huò. The shop assistant deliberately made things hard for the customer and refused to exchange his goods.
- 老板为什么总是刁难新来的同事？ Lǎobǎn wèishénme zǒngshì diāonàn xīn lái de tóngshì? Why does the boss always make life hard for the new colleague?