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難於登天

简 难于登天 · 繁 難於登天
Mandarin · pinyin nán yú dēng tiān

Meanings

  1. harder than climbing to heaven (idiom)
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難
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於
yú · yū · in, at, on; interjection alas!
登
dēng · rise, mount, board, climb
天
tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
难
nán · difficult, arduous, hard; unable
于
yú · in, on, at; go to; surname
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2–2–1–1 · nan2 yu2 deng1 tian1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

naan4 jyu1 dang1 tin1

Cantonese word readings for 難於登天. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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naan4 jyu1 dang1 tin1

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