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比登天還難

简比登天还难 · 繁比登天還難

Mandarin · pinyin bǐ dēng tiān hái nán

lit. even harder than reaching the sky (idiom)
fig. extremely difficult
far from an easy task

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比: bǐ · to compare, liken; comparison; than; hexagram ䷇
登: dēng · rise, mount, board, climb
天: tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
還: hái · still, yet, also, besides
難: Look up this written character
还: hái · still, yet, also, besides
难: nán · difficult, arduous, hard; unable

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3–1–1–2–2 · bi3 deng1 tian1 hai2 nan2

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bei2 dang1 tin1 waan4 naan4

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adj

(simile) extremely difficult

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