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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 难言之隐

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
难言之隐 nán yán zhī yǐn - a hidden trouble hard to mention (idiom)
- sth too embarrassing to mention
- an embarrassing illness

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 30,213 47,701 42,672

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
nán- difficult (to...)
- problem
- difficulty
- difficult
- not good
nàn- disaster
- distress
- to scold
yán- words
- speech
- to say
- to talk
zhī- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])
- him
- her
- it
yǐn- (bound form) secret; hidden; concealed; crypto-
yìn- to lean upon

Other Words Containing 难言之隐

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
难言之隐 - - 30,213 47,701 42,672