艰难 | jiān nán | difficult; hard; challenging | |
艰苦 | jiān kǔ | difficult; hard; arduous | |
艰巨 | jiān jù | arduous; terrible (task); very difficult; formidable | |
艰辛 | jiān xīn | hardships; arduous; difficult | |
艰险 | jiān xiǎn | difficult and dangerous; hardships and perils |
1 | "We must therefore prepare for a difficult year ahead, and especially the first half of 2009. Our economy will probably contract further," he said. | |
2 | IT IS perhaps the hardest reform of all. | |
3 | The process of leaving the euro would be so painful and difficult, practically as well as politically, that governments could be expected to exhaust almost any other option first. | |
4 | Because of the economic slowdown, the Chinese market has been very difficult. | |
5 | The difference between a struggling family and a healthy one is often the presence of an empowered woman or women, at the center of that family. |