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刁难

HSK 7-9

diāonàn

make difficult intentionally; deliberately complicate

Explanation

Taiwan pr. [diao1nan2]

Examples

他总是刁难我。

tā zǒng shì diāonàn wǒ.

He always makes things difficult for me.

她故意刁难新人,不教他们怎么做。

tā gùyì diāonàn xīnrén, bù jiào tāmen zěnmeyàng zuò.

She deliberately made it hard for newbies, not teaching them how to do it.