勉為其難

Chinese

		exhort	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
trad. (勉為其難)		勉	為	其	難
simp. (勉为其难)		勉	为	其	难

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): miǎnwéiqínán

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄋㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁵ wai⁴ kei⁴ naan⁴
Min Nan (POJ): bián-ûi-kî-lân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: miǎnwéiqínán
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄋㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meanweichyinan
  - IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯eɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ nän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: min⁵ wai⁴ kei⁴ naan⁴
  - Yale: míhn wàih kèih nàahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: min⁵ wai⁴ kei⁴ naan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: min⁵ wei⁴ kéi⁴ nan⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /miːn¹³ wɐi̯²¹ kʰei̯²¹ näːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bián-ûi-kî-lân
  - Tâi-lô: bián-uî-kî-lân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: biefn'ui'kilaan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /biɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui²⁴⁻²² ki²⁴⁻²² lan²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ui²⁴⁻²² ki²⁴⁻²² lan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui¹³⁻²² ki¹³⁻²² lan¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /biɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui²⁴⁻¹¹ ki²⁴⁻¹¹ lan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ui²³⁻³³ ki²³⁻³³ lan²³/

Idiom

勉為其難

to reluctantly do something that is almost beyond one's ability or something that one does not wish to do
to force someone to do something that he/she is hardly capable of or is unwilling to do

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