难能可贵 nánnéngkěguì▶ Digno de elogio por conducta excelente

Stroke order

难能可贵 is written in 34 strokes across 4 characters.

• 难 — 10 strokes
• 能 — 10 strokes
• 可 — 5 strokes
• 贵 — 9 strokes

Senses

1. rare and precious
2. valuable
3. remarkable

Related words

• 为难Avergonzado
• 可口Delicioso
• 可恶aborrecible; odioso
• 可行factible
• 可观considerable
• 性能actuación

难能可贵 is pronounced nánnéngkěguì and means “Digno de elogio por conducta excelente”. It belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 难能可贵 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.