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Definition(s) for: 相见时难别亦难

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
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Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
相 xiāng- surname Xiang
相 xiāng- each other
- one another
- mutually
- fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])
相 xiàng- appearance
- portrait
- picture
- government minister
- (physics) phase
- (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features)
- to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
见 jiàn- to see
- to meet
- to appear (to be sth)
- to interview
- opinion
- view
见 xiàn- to appear
- also written 現|现[xian4]
时 shí- old variant of 時|时[shi2]
时 shí- surname Shi
时 shí- o'clock
- time
- when
- hour
- season
- period
难 nán- difficult (to...)
- problem
- difficulty
- difficult
- not good
难 nàn- disaster
- distress
- to scold
别 bié- surname Bie
别 bié- to leave; to part (from)
- (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish
- (dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one's face, gaze etc)
- (bound form) other; another; different
- don't ...!
- to fasten with a pin or clip
- to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement)
- (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2])
别 biè- to make sb change their ways, opinions etc
亦 yì- also
难 nán- difficult (to...)
- problem
- difficulty
- difficult
- not good
难 nàn- disaster
- distress
- to scold

Other Words Containing 相见时难别亦难

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo