难于登天 — Chinese idiom
难于登天
nán yú dēng tiān
Traditional: 難於登天
Meaning
- harder than climbing to heaven
Character by character
- 难nánhard, difficult, arduous; unable
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 登dēngto rise, to mount, to board, to climb
- 天tiānsky, heaven; god, celestial
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
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