难言之隐 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• a hidden trouble hard to mention
• sth too embarrassing to mention
• an embarrassing illness

Character by character

• 难nánhard, difficult, arduous; unable
• 言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say
• 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
• 隐yǐnto hide, to conceal; secret, hidden

Idioms sharing a character

• 一木难支 yī mù nán zhī
• 一言难尽 yī yán nán jìn
• 人心难测 rén xīn nán cè
• 劫数难逃 jié shù nán táo
• 勉为其难 miǎn wéi qí nán
• 千载难逢 qiān zǎi nán féng
• 千金难买 qiān jīn nán mǎi
• 善财难舍 shàn cái nán shě
• 在所难免 zài suǒ nán miǎn
• 坐立难安 zuò lì nán ān

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3). Retrieved 2026-10-22.