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为难

wéi nán

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 為難

为难 (wéi nán) means "to feel embarrassed/awkward; to make things difficult for someone". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 为难 means

1. to feel embarrassed or awkward
2. to make things difficult (for someone)
3. to find things difficult (to do or manage)

The characters in 为难

• 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as
• 难nándifficult (to...); problem; difficulty

Words containing 为难

• 左右为难zuǒ yòu wéi nán(idiom) between a rock and a hard place; in a dilemma
• 进退为难jìn tuì wéi nánno room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma; trapped…

Where 为难 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · wèi–wén (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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