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难过 nánguò

难过 nánguò Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 难过 nánguò .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
nánguò | nan2 guo4
English translation
to feel sad
to feel unwell
(of life) to be difficult

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Traditional form

難過

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 难过 nánguò

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nán

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. zhuī represents the meaning and jǐn represents the sound. The character is based on the original meaning "type of bird", which is unrelated to the modern meaning. The simplified character nán was adapted from the cursive form of the trad

Positional decomposition

又隹

Number of Strokes

10
Guò

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chuò represents the meaning and guō represents the sound. The simplified character Guò was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character guò .

Phonetic compound

guō

Semantic compound

chuò

Positional decomposition

辶寸

Number of Strokes

6

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Example sentences using 难过 nánguò

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发现 fāxiàn qiáo -正在 zhèngzài kěn 圣经 Shèng jīng , 便 biàn 难过 nánguò de 避开 bì kāi le zhè 扫兴 sǎo xìng 场景 chǎng jǐng .

He found Joe Harper studying a Testament, and turned sadly away from the depressing spectacle.

维妮梨德尽管 jǐnguǎn 满腔 mǎn qiāng 心事 xīn shì ,难过 nánguò 起来 qǐlai .

In the midst of her own trouble Winifred was sorry for him.

qiáo hěn 难过 nánguò ,因为 yīnwèi gāng bèi de 女朋友 nǚ péng you shuǎi le .

Joe is sad because he just got the gate from his girlfriend.

约翰 Yuē hàn wéi 史蒂夫 Shǐ dì fū 感到 gǎn dào 难过 nánguò dàn shì xiǎng de 决定 juédìng shì 正确 zhèngquè de

John, I'm sorry for Steve, but I think you'vemade the right decisions.

他们 tā men liǎ dōu hěn 友善 yǒu shàn ràng 非常 fēicháng 难过 nánguò

They have both behaved very badly and I am very hurt.

难过 nánguò Decomposition

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难过 nánguò Compounds

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