好不容易

Mandarin · pinyin hǎo bù róng yì

Meanings

  1. with great difficulty
  2. very difficult
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好
hǎo · good, excellent, fine; well
不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
容
róng · looks, appearance; figure, form
易
yì · change; easy
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3–4–2–4 · hao3 bu4 rong2 yi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hou2 bat1 jung4 ji6

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hou2 bat1 jung4 ji6

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adj

  1. very difficult

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