| 1 | 难 | 難 | nàn | nan4 | disaster; distress; to scold | | |
| 2 | 灾难 | 災難 | zāi nàn | zai1 nan4 | disaster; catastrophe | | |
| 3 | 苦难 | 苦難 | kǔ nàn | ku3 nan4 | suffering | | |
| 4 | 难民 | 難民 | nàn mín | nan4 min2 | refugee | | |
| 5 | 大难临头 | 大難臨頭 | dà nàn lín tóu | da4 nan4 lin2 tou2 | to be facing imminent calamity (idiom); disaster is looming | | |
| 6 | 安难 | 安難 | ān nàn | an1 nan4 | (classical) (of soldiers etc) resolute in the face of adversity | | |
| 7 | 非难 | 非難 | fēi nàn | fei1 nan4 | reproof; blame | | |
| 8 | 急难 | 急難 | jí nàn | ji2 nan4 | misfortune; crisis; grave danger; critical situation; disaster; emergency; to be zealous in helping others out of a predicament | | |
| 9 | 毁家纾难 | 毀家紓難 | huǐ jiā shū nàn | hui3 jia1 shu1 nan4 | to sacrifice one's wealth to save the state (idiom) | | |
| 10 | 黄帝八十一难经 | 黃帝八十一難經 | huáng dì bā shí yī nàn jīng | Huang2 di4 Ba1 shi2 yi1 Nan4 jing1 | The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Eighty-one Difficulties, medical text, c. 1st century AD | | |
| 11 | 患难之交 | 患難之交 | huàn nàn zhī jiāo | huan4 nan4 zhi1 jiao1 | a friend in times of tribulations (idiom); a friend in need is a friend indeed | | |
| 12 | 患难相弃 | 患難相棄 | huàn nàn xiāng qì | huan4 nan4 xiang1 qi4 | to fail sb. in his need (idiom) | | |
| 13 | 患难见真情 | 患難見真情 | huàn nàn jiàn zhēn qíng | huan4 nan4 jian4 zhen1 qing2 | true sentiments are seen in hard times (idiom); you see who your true friends are when you go through tough times together; you see who your true friends are when you are in difficulties | | |
| 14 | 患难见弃 | 患難見棄 | huàn nàn jiàn qì | huan4 nan4 jian4 qi4 | to leave somebody holding the baby; to shrug responsibility (idiom) | | |
| 15 | 海难 | 海難 | hǎi nàn | hai3 nan4 | perils of the sea | | |
| 16 | 共赴国难 | 共赴國難 | gòng fù guó nàn | gong4 fu4 guo2 nan4 | to work together to save the country in a time of national crisis (idiom) | | |
| 17 | 发难 | 發難 | fā nàn | fa1 nan4 | to rise in revolt; to raise difficult questions | | |
| 18 | 躲难 | 躲難 | duǒ nàn | duo3 nan4 | to take refuge; to seek refuge from disaster | | |
| 19 | 多灾多难 | 多災多難 | duō zāi duō nàn | duo1 zai1 duo1 nan4 | to be plagued with misfortunes; precarious | | |
| 20 | 刁难 | 刁難 | diāo nàn | diao1 nan4 | to be hard on sb; to deliberately make things difficult | | |
| 21 | 大难不死,必有后福 | 大難不死,必有後福 | dà nàn bù sǐ , bì yǒu hòu fú | da4 nan4 bu4 si3 , bi4 you3 hou4 fu2 | one is bound for good fortune after surviving a great disaster (proverb) | | |
| 22 | 大难不死 | 大難不死 | dà nàn bù sǐ | da4 nan4 bu4 si3 | to just escape from calamity | | |
| 23 | 大难 | 大難 | dà nàn | da4 nan4 | great catastrophe | | |
| 24 | 阻难 | 阻難 | zǔ nàn | zu3 nan4 | to thwart; to impede | | |
| 25 | 避难所 | 避難所 | bì nàn suǒ | bi4 nan4 suo3 | refuge; asylum | | |