难过 nánguò sad

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Traditional: 難過

Stroke order

难过 is written in 16 strokes across 2 characters.

难过 — the Chinese character for sad (nánguò), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 难过 — sad

难 — 10 strokes
过 — 6 strokes

Senses

to feel sad
to feel unwell
(of life) to be difficult

Characters in 难过

难 nán — difficult (to...); problem; difficulty
过 guò — to cross; to go over; to pass (time)

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Example sentences

听到这个消息他很难过。Tīngdào zhège xiāoxi tā hěn nánguò.He was very sad to hear this news.
别难过，明天会更好。Bié nánguò, míngtiān huì gèng hǎo.Do not be sad, tomorrow will be better.

Related words

难过 is pronounced nánguò and means “sad”.

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