难以形容

難以形容

nányǐ xíngróng

phrase

Meanings

1 hard to describe
2 indescribable
3 beyond description

Characters

to / by means of

to express / contain

Examples

HSK 5

这里的风景美得难以形容。

Zhèlǐ de fēngjǐng měi de nányǐ xíngróng.

The scenery here is indescribably beautiful.

HSK 7-9

那种喜悦难以形容。

Nàzhǒng xǐyuè nányǐ xíngróng.

That kind of joy is hard to describe.

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