难以启齿 nán yǐ qǐ chǐ | OtterDict

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难以启齿

nányǐqǐchǐ

to find it hard to speak about sth

2 meanings#33433

MEANING2 meanings

壹形adjective
to find it hard to speak about sth
- 。
  This is something difficult for me to talk about.
貳形adjective
to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom)
- 。
  This is a matter I find difficult to broach.

STROKE ORDER

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难以启齿

Traditional難以啟齒

nányǐqǐchǐ

to find it hard to speak about sth

2 meanings#33433

MEANING2 meanings

壹形adjective
to find it hard to speak about sth
- 。
  This is something difficult for me to talk about.
貳形adjective
to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom)
- 。
  This is a matter I find difficult to broach.

解字

CHARACTER ANALYSIS

难

又(hand; again)ASSOCIATIVE
隹(short-tailed bird)RADICAL

Catching a short-tailed bird in flight with bare hands is as difficult as the challenge this character represents.

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