刁难

刁難

diāonàn

verb HSK 7 #19,314

Meanings

1 to make things difficult for someone
2 to deliberately create obstacles

Characters

cunning; tricky

difficult; to trouble

Examples

他故意刁难新来的同事。

Tā gùyì diāonàn xīn lái de tóngshì.

He deliberately made things difficult for the new colleague.

别刁难人了，放他过去吧。

Bié diāonàn rén le, fàng tā guòqù ba.

Stop making things difficult; let him pass.

Tips

memory

刁 (cunning/tricky) + 难 (difficult) — using cunning to make things difficult for someone.

Stroke Order

刁 diāo

难 nán