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磨难

mónàn

hardship; suffering; tribulation

HSK 8 · Topic “Threats and disasters”
A traveler walking through rain and wind toward a cottage
Memory picture

Characters in this word

磨 mó

Strokes
16
Radical
石 — stone, rock, mineral
Made of
麻 hemp, flax, sesame 石 stone, rock, mineral
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

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

  • 经历过战争和流亡的磨难后，他的文字反而更加克制。 Jīnglì guò zhànzhēng hé liúwáng de mónàn hòu, tā de wénzì fǎn'ér gèngjiā kèzhì. After enduring the hardships of war and exile, his writing became even more restrained.
  • 他经历了许多磨难，终于过上了安稳的日子。 Tā jīnglì le xǔduō mónàn, zhōngyú guò shàng le ānwěn de rìzi. He went through many hardships and finally came to live a stable life.
  • 没有经过磨难的人，很难明白平凡生活的珍贵。 Méiyǒu jīngguò mónàn de rén, hěn nán míngbai píngfán shēnghuó de zhēnguì. Someone who has never been through hardship can hardly understand how precious ordinary life is.

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