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磨难

mó nàn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 磨難

磨难 (mó nàn) means "a torment; a trial; tribulation". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 磨难 means

1. a torment
2. a trial
3. tribulation
4. a cross (to bear)
5. well-tried

The characters in 磨难

• 磨móto rub; to grind; to polish
• 难nándifficult (to...); problem; difficulty

Sounds the same

Read mó nàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 魔难variant of 磨难

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