难 (難) nán

1. nán adjective difficult; arduous; hard
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '難' nán 1; NCCED '難' nán 1; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 42; Unihan '難').
2. nán verb to put someone in a difficult position; to have difficulty
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (NCCED '難' nán 2)
3. nán adjective hardly possible; unable
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '難' nán 1; NCCED '難' nán 3; Unihan '難')
4. nàn noun disaster; calamity
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Disaster
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '難' nàn 1; NCCED '難' nàn 1)
5. nàn noun enemy; foe
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '難' nàn 2)
6. nán adjective bad; unpleasant
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '難' nán 2; NCCED '難' nán 4)
7. nàn verb to blame; to rebuke
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '難' nàn 3b; NCCED '難' nàn 2)
8. nàn verb to object to; to argue against
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '難' nàn 3)
9. nàn verb to reject; to repudiate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '難' nàn 3a)
10. nán adjective inopportune; aksana
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: akṣaṇa, or: pratibandha, Japanese: nan (BCSD '難', p. 1238; Mahāvyutpatti 'pratibandhaḥ'; MW 'akṣaṇa'; Unihan '難')

Contained in

• 佛为阿难说处胎会(佛爲阿難說處胎會) Garbhāvakrāntinirdeśa; Fo Wei Anan Shuo Chu Tai Hui
• 难行(難行) difficult to pass ; hard to do ; ascetic practice
• 优钵难陀龙王(優鉢難陀龍王) Upananda Dragon King
• 阿难陀吉利(阿難陀吉利) Anandagiri
• 大寒林圣难拏陀罗尼经(大寒林聖難拏陀羅尼經) Mahādaṇḍadhāraṇīsūtra; Da Han Lin Sheng Nan Na Tuoluoni Jing
• 佛说阿难分别经(佛說阿難分別經) Fo Shuo Anan Fenbie Jing
• 深难见(深難見) profound and difficult to see
• 施乞叉难陀(施乞叉難陀) Siksananda
• 大威德金轮佛顶炽盛光如来消除一切灾难陀罗尼经(大威德金輪佛頂熾盛光如來消除一切災難陀羅尼經) Da Wei De Jin Lun Fo Ding Chisheng Guang Rulai Xiaochu Yiqie Zainan Tuoluoni Jing
• 至道无难　唯嫌拣择(至道無難　唯嫌揀擇) To Reach the Way Is Not Difficult; One Need Only Have No Preferences
• 步步登高易 心心放下难(步步登高易 心心放下難) Step by step easy it is to ascend; Thought after thought hard it is to let go.
• 佛说阿难陀目佉尼呵离陀隣尼经(佛說阿難陀目佉尼呵離陀隣尼經) Anantamukhasādhakadhāraṇī; Fo Shuo Anantuo Mu Qu Ni He Li Tuo Lin Ni Jing
• 问难(問難) Interrogation
• 父母恩难报经(父母恩難報經) Fumu En Nan Bao Jing
• 一言既出，驷马难追(一言既出，駟馬難追) once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it; a promise must be kept ; a word spoken is an arrow let fly
• 八种福田; 1. 三宝 2. 修道者 3. 父母 4. 师长 5. 病人 6. 残障 7. 急难 8. 弱势团体(八種福田; 1. 三寶 2. 修道者 3. 父母 4. 師長 5. 病人 6. 殘障 7. 急難 8. 弱勢團體) Field of Merit: 1. the Triple Gem; 2. spiritual practitioners; 3. parents; 4. teachers; 5. the sick; 6. the physically impaired; 7. crisis victims; 8. groups helping the disadvantaged
• 七难(七難) seven calamities

Also contained in

疑难 、 耶稣受难节 、 难免 、 受难日 、 受难 、 排除万难 、 牵马到河易，强马饮水难 、 难保 、 难走 、 一木难支 、 急难 、 大难不死 、 急人之难 、 为难 、 难闻 、 难辞其咎 、 难民 、 艰难险阻 、 难住 、 长夜难明 、 难得 、 民于难 、 骑虎难下 、 难分难舍 、 本性难移 、 多灾多难 、 人心难测 、 法网难逃 、 难为 、 难不倒 、 难于接近 、 有借有还，再借不难 、 避难所 、 世上无难事，只怕有心人

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Truncated for common words

• Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 256
• Scroll 1 Tarkaśāstra (Rushi Lun) 如實論 — count: 252
• Scroll 8 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 210
• Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 188
• Scroll 7 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 187
• Scroll 2 Commentary on the Hundred Treatise 百論疏 — count: 172
• Scroll 2 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 171
• Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 146
• Scroll 19 Fahua Xuan Yi Shi Qian 法華玄義釋籤 — count: 144
• Scroll 4 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 141

Collocations

• 难可 (難可) 七寶難可獲 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 14
• 难舍 (難捨) 難捨慳因緣令有家 — Sutra on the Conditions for Desire and Rebirth (Ren Ben Yu Sheng Jing) 人本欲生經, Scroll 1 — count: 10
• 悭难 (慳難) 寧當有慳難捨不 — Sutra on the Conditions for Desire and Rebirth (Ren Ben Yu Sheng Jing) 人本欲生經, Scroll 1 — count: 8
• 难知 (難知) 倍復難知 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 6
• 难值 (難值) 佛世難值 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 6
• 难降伏 (難降伏) 竪純青色難降伏幡 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 8 — count: 5
• 难忍 (難忍) 眾痛難忍 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 19 — count: 5
• 难见 (難見) 難見難識知 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
• 难及 (難及) 飛行皇帝有四難及之德 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 5
• 难头 (難頭) 十名難頭 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 5