難分難解

難分難解

Chinese

		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	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
trad. (難分難解)		難	分	難	解
simp. (难分难解)		难	分	难	解

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nánfēnnánjiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄈㄣ ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naan⁴ fan¹ naan⁴ gaai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: nánfēnnánjiě
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄈㄣ ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄝˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanfennanjiie
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nánfennánjiě
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ fən⁵⁵ nän³⁵ t͡ɕjɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: naan⁴ fan¹ naan⁴ gaai²
    • Yale: nàahn fān nàahn gáai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naan⁴ fan¹ naan⁴ gaai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: nan⁴ fen¹ nan⁴ gai²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /näːn²¹ fɐn⁵⁵ näːn²¹ käːi̯³⁵/

Idiom

難分難解

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

Synonyms

• 難解難分／难解难分 (nánjiěnánfēn)