难以(nán yǐ)

HSK 52 charactersTrad. 難以

hard to (predict, imagine etc)

Character breakdown

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Example sentences

How 难以 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

  • 我们激动的心情难以用笔墨来形容。

    wǒ men jī dòng de xīn qíng nán yǐ yòng bǐ mò lái xíng róng

    Words can hardly describe how excited we were.

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