国难

國難

guónàn

noun #52,949

Meanings

HSK 6

在国难面前，大家团结在一起。

Zài guónàn miànqián, dàjiā tuánjié zài yìqǐ.

In the face of national calamity, everyone pulled together.

HSK 7-9

抗战爆发后，很多青年学生放下书本，奔赴国难。

Kàngzhàn bàofā hòu, hěnduō qīngnián xuésheng fàngxià shūběn, bēnfù guónàn.

When the War of Resistance broke out, many young students put down their books and rushed to answer the nation's crisis.

mistakes

难 is fourth tone here, 'calamity', as in 灾难 'disaster' and 难民 'refugee'. It is not 难 'difficult'.

history

曹植's line 捐躯赴国难 'to give one's life for the nation in its hour of peril' is the best-known use, quoted on war memorials across China.

国 guó

难 nán