难得

難得

nándé

adjective HSK 5 #6,692

Meanings

1 seldom
2 rare
3 hard to come by

Characters

Examples

难得有一天休息。

Nán dé yǒu yì tiān xiūxi.

It's rare to have a day off.

这是一个难得的机会。

Zhè shì yí gè nán dé de jīhuì.

This is a rare opportunity.

难得你今天来了。

Nán dé nǐ jīntiān lái le.

How rare for you to come today.

Tips

usage

Often used at the start of a sentence to express pleasant surprise at something unusual.

grammar

Can function as both an adjective (rare) and an adverb (seldom/rarely).

Stroke Order

难 nán

得 dé