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刁难

diāo nàn

HSK 7–9

Meaning

  • to be hard on sb; to deliberately make things difficult
  • Taiwan pr. [diao1 nan2]

Definition

故意为难人，使别人难堪或陷入困境。

Deliberately making things difficult for someone, causing embarrassment or putting someone in a tough spot.

Usage

通常用来描述人在言语或行为上故意设置障碍，让对方感到棘手或难堪。

Used to describe someone who deliberately creates obstacles in words or actions to make things awkward or embarrassing for another person.

Examples

  • 1 他总是喜欢在会议上刁难新同事，问一些很刁钻的问题。 (He always likes to pick on new colleagues in meetings by asking tricky questions.)
  • 2 考官故意刁难他，提出了一道超纲的题目。 (The examiner deliberately made it hard for him by asking a question beyond the syllabus.)
  • 3 你别再刁难他了，他已经尽力了。 (Stop making things difficult for him; he has tried his best.)
  • 4 在工作中，她经常被领导刁难，但从不抱怨。 (At work, she is often put in difficult positions by her boss, but she never complains.)
  • 5 这次谈判中，对方一再刁难我们，试图压低价格。 (During the negotiation, the other side kept making things difficult for us, trying to drive down the price.)

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