難解難分

Chinese

		disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	to loosen; to untie; to explain to loosen; to untie; to explain; to remove; to divide; to dissolve; to solve; solution; send under escort	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)
trad. (難解難分)		難	解	難	分
simp. (难解难分)		难	解	难	分

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nánjiěnánfēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄈㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naan⁴ gaai² naan⁴ fan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nánjiěnánfēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄈㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nánjiěnánfen
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-chieh³-nan²-fên¹
    • Yale: nán-jyě-nán-fēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanjieenanfen
    • Palladius: наньцзенаньфэнь (nanʹczenanʹfɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵ fən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naan⁴ gaai² naan⁴ fan¹
    • Yale: nàahn gáai nàahn fān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naan⁴ gaai² naan⁴ fan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nan⁴ gai² nan⁴ fen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːn²¹ kaːi̯³⁵ naːn²¹ fɐn⁵⁵/

Idiom

難解難分

1. to be locked in a stalemate in a fight or struggle
2. (of a romantic couple) to be intimate and inseparable

Synonyms

• 難分難解／难分难解 (nánfēnnánjiě)