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难保

nán bǎo

2-character word Traditional 難保

What 难保 means

1. hard to say
2. can't guarantee
3. difficult to protect
4. difficult to preserve

The characters in 难保

• 难nándifficult (to...); problem; difficulty
• 保bǎoto defend; to protect; to keep; to guarantee; to ensure…

Example sentences

• 白色的地毡很难保持干净。
  Báisè de de zhān hěn nánbǎo chí gānjìng.
  White carpets are very hard to keep clean.

Words containing 难保

• 自身难保zì shēn nán bǎopowerless to defend oneself (idiom); helpless
• 泥菩萨过江，自身难保ní pú sà guò jiāng , zì shēn nán bǎolike a clay Bodhisattva fording a river, can't guarantee his own safety…