难以形容

難以形容

nányǐxíngróng

phrase

Meanings

1 hard to describe
2 indescribable
3 beyond description

Characters

to / by means of

to express / contain

Examples

那种喜悦难以形容。

Nà zhǒng xǐyuè nányǐ xíngróng.

That kind of joy is hard to describe.

这里的风景美得难以形容。

Zhèlǐ de fēngjǐng měi de nányǐ xíngróng.

The scenery here is indescribably beautiful.

Tips

usage

Stock superlative for things words fail to capture — beauty, pain, weirdness, awe. Often paired with 美 ('beautiful'), 痛 ('painful'), 奇怪 ('strange'). Compare the stronger 无法形容 ('impossible to describe').

Stroke Order

难 nán

以 yǐ

形 xíng

容 róng