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難於登天

简难于登天 · 繁難於登天

Mandarin · pinyin nán yú dēng tiān

harder than climbing to heaven (idiom)

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難: Look up this written character
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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naan4 jyu1 dang1 tin1

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