难上加难

Traditional: 難上加難

nán shàng jiā nán

Dictionary entry

extremely difficult

What does 难上加难 mean?

难上加难 (nán shàng jiā nán) has the following dictionary meaning.

1extremely difficult

2even more difficult

Character breakdown

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难nándifficult (to...) · problem 上shǎngused in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]加JiāCanada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]) · surname Jia

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难上加难

nán shàng jiā nán

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