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/勉爲其難)		勉	為/爲	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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bián-ûi-kî-lân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miǎnwéiqínán
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄋㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miǎnwéicínán
    • Wade–Giles: mien³-wei²-chʻi²-nan²
    • Yale: myǎn-wéi-chí-nán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meanweichyinan
    • Palladius: мяньвэйцинань (mjanʹvɛjcinanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ nän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: min⁵ wai⁴ kei⁴ naan⁴
    • Yale: míhn wàih kèih nàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁵ wai⁴ kei⁴ naan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: min⁵ wei⁴ kéi⁴ nan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn¹³ wɐi̯²¹ kʰei̯²¹ naːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (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

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