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困难

difficulty; difficult

困难
kùnnan4th tone
Pinyin
kùnnan
Strokes
17
In episodes
1

Stroke order for 困难

困难 is written with 17 strokes (困: 7, 难: 10). The animation replays automatically.

Usage

HSK 4. Appears in 困难并不等于没有进展 (difficulties do not mean there is no progress).

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困难 appears in 1 Fluentide podcast episode at natural native speed. Each sentence plays at the easiest difficulty it exists in — switch it to hear the same moment at your level, with full pinyin and English throughout.

但Walmart的自动化已经能处理很多货物,困难并不等于没有进展。

But Walmart's automation can already handle a lot of goods, and difficulties do not mean there has been no progress.

Walmart Robots Struggle With Everyday GoodsAdvanced

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