矿难
kuàng nàn
Pinyin

Definition

矿难
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kuàng nàn
  1. mining disaster

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

困难
kùn nan
  1. 1 difficult
  2. 2 challenging
  3. 3 straitened circumstances
  4. 4 difficult situation
难
nán
  1. 1 difficult (to...)
  2. 2 problem
  3. 3 difficulty
  4. 4 difficult
  5. 5 not good
难以
nán yǐ
  1. 1 hard to (predict, imagine etc)
难受
nán shòu
  1. 1 to feel unwell
  2. 2 to suffer pain
  3. 3 to be difficult to bear
难得
nán dé
  1. 1 seldom
  2. 2 rare
  3. 3 hard to come by
难过
nán guò
  1. 1 to feel sad
  2. 2 to feel unwell
  3. 3 (of life) to be difficult
难道
nán dào
  1. 1 don't tell me ...
  2. 2 could it be that...?
刁难
diāo nàn
  1. 1 to be hard on sb
  2. 2 to deliberately make things difficult
劫难
jié nàn
  1. 1 calamity
危难
wēi nàn
  1. 1 calamity
患难
huàn nàn
  1. 1 trials and tribulations
灾难
zāi nàn
  1. 1 disaster
  2. 2 catastrophe
为难
wéi nán
  1. 1 to feel embarrassed or awkward
  2. 2 to make things difficult (for someone)
  3. 3 to find things difficult (to do or manage)
磨难
mó nàn
  1. 1 a torment
  2. 2 a trial
  3. 3 tribulation
  4. 4 a cross (to bear)
  5. 5 well-tried
矿
kuàng
  1. 1 ore
  2. 2 mine
矿泉水
kuàng quán shuǐ
  1. 1 mineral spring water
  2. 2 CL:瓶[píng],杯[bēi]
矿物
kuàng wù
  1. 1 mineral
矿物质
kuàng wù zhì
  1. 1 mineral, esp. dietary mineral
矿石
kuàng shí
  1. 1 ore
艰难
jiān nán
  1. 1 difficult
  2. 2 hard
  3. 3 challenging

Idioms (20)

一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴
yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn , cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn
  1. 1 lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time. (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. Time is precious and must be treasured.
一木难支
yī mù nán zhī
  1. 1 lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one is helpless alone
一言既出，驷马难追
yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuī
  1. 1 lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
一言难尽
yī yán nán jìn
  1. 1 hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
世上无难事，只怕有心人
shì shàng wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén
  1. 1 there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)
  2. 2 persistence will overcome
人心难测
rén xīn nán cè
  1. 1 hard to fathom a person's mind (idiom)
介于两难
jiè yú liǎng nán
  1. 1 to be on the horns of a dilemma (idiom)
劫数难逃
jié shù nán táo
  1. 1 Destiny is inexorable, there is no fleeing it (idiom). Your doom is at hand.
勉为其难
miǎn wéi qí nán
  1. 1 to tackle a difficult job (idiom)
  2. 2 to do sth reluctantly
千军易得，一将难求
qiān jūn yì dé , yī jiàng nán qiú
  1. 1 Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)
千载难逢
qiān zǎi nán féng
  1. 1 extremely rare (idiom)
  2. 2 once in a blue moon
千金难买
qiān jīn nán mǎi
  1. 1 can't be bought for one thousand in gold (idiom)
可共患难
kě gòng huàn nàn
  1. 1 to go through thick and thin together (idiom)
善财难舍
shàn cái nán shě
  1. 1 to cherish wealth and find it hard to give up (idiom); refusing to contribute to charity
  2. 2 skinflint
  3. 3 miserly
在家千日好，出门一时难
zài jiā qiān rì hǎo , chū mén yī shí nán
  1. 1 lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. there's no place like home
在所难免
zài suǒ nán miǎn
  1. 1 to be unavoidable (idiom)
坐立难安
zuò lì nán ān
  1. 1 unable to sit or stand still (out of nervousness etc) (idiom)
多难兴邦
duō nàn xīng bāng
  1. 1 much hardships may awaken a nation (idiom); calamity that prompts renewal
天下无难事，只怕有心人
tiān xià wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén
  1. 1 lit. nothing is difficult on this earth, if your mind is set (idiom)
天理难容
tiān lǐ nán róng
  1. 1 Heaven cannot tolerate this (idiom)
  2. 2 intolerable behavior

Sample Sentences

不怕！我是记者啊，我一定要揭开真相，为在矿难中不幸遇难的人说话！
bù pà ！wǒ shì jìzhě a ，wǒ yīdìng yào jiēkāi zhēnxiàng ，wèi zài kuàngnàn zhōng bùxìng yùnàn de rén shuōhuà ！
No! I'm a journalist. I definitely want uncover the truth and tell it for the unfortunate victims in this mining accident.
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那也好啊，到时候也能少些矿难了。不过，我觉得这种新能源技术成本太高了，企业能赚得到钱吗？
nà yě hǎo a ，dào shíhou yě néng shǎo xiē kuàngnàn le 。bùguò ，wǒ juéde zhèzhǒng xīn néngyuán jìshù chéngběn tài gāo le ，qǐyè néng zhuàn de dào qián ma ？
Well, that's not bad either. When that happens there can be less mining accidents. The thing is, I think the cost of these new energy resources is too high. Can those industries make any money?
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