艰 jiān
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 又 — and, also, again, in addition
- Made of
- 又 and, also, again, in addition 艮 blunt
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
艰巨
jiānjù
arduous; formidable; difficult
Characters in this word
巨 jù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 匚 — box
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 灾后重建任务十分艰巨，不可能靠一两次捐款彻底解决。 Zāihòu chóngjiàn rènwu shífēn jiānjù, bù kěnéng kào yì liǎng cì juānkuǎn chèdǐ jiějué. The task of post-disaster reconstruction is extremely arduous and cannot be solved completely with one or two donations.
- 一个人完成这么多工作，任务太艰巨了。 Yí ge rén wánchéng zhème duō gōngzuò, rènwu tài jiānjù le. For one person to finish this much work, the task is too daunting.
- 清理整座山的垃圾是一项艰巨的工作。 Qīnglǐ zhěng zuò shān de lājī shì yí xiàng jiānjù de gōngzuò. Clearing the rubbish from a whole mountain is an arduous job.
Related words
- 艰苦 jiānkǔ hard; difficult
- 艰难 jiānnán difficult; hard
- 艰辛 jiānxīn arduous, tough
- 艰险 jiānxiǎn difficult and dangerous; hardships and dangers
- 巨大 jùdà huge
- 巨额 jù'é huge amount; enormous
- 巨人 jùrén giant; great figure
- 巨头 jùtóu giant; major player; tycoon
- 任重道远 rènzhòngdàoyuǎn the task is heavy and the road is long
- 集思广益 jísīguǎngyì to pool ideas and draw on collective wisdom
- 可乘之机 kěchéngzhījī opportunity to exploit
- 契机 qìjī opportunity; turning point