強人所難

Chinese

		strength; force; power strength; force; power; powerful; better	man; person; people	actually; place; (nominalization prefix)	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
trad. (強人所難)		強	人	所	難
simp. (强人所难)		强	人	所	难

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiǎngrénsuǒnán

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄤˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄋㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): koeng⁵ jan⁴ so² naan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎngrénsuǒnán
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄋㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎngrénsuǒnán
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiang³-jên²-so³-nan²
    • Yale: chyǎng-rén-swǒ-nán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheangrensuoonan
    • Palladius: цянжэньсонань (cjanžɛnʹsonanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: koeng⁵ jan⁴ so² naan⁴
    • Yale: kéuhng yàhn só nàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: koeng⁵ jan⁴ so² naan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kêng⁵ yen⁴ so² nan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰœːŋ¹³ jɐn²¹ sɔː³⁵ naːn²¹/

Idiom

強人所難

1. to force someone to do something that he or she does not wish to do or is unable to do