adjective HSK 4
Traditional 難懂
difficult to understand · hard to comprehend · obscure
Meaning
难懂 describes something that is challenging to understand or grasp, whether it's a concept, text, speech, or language. It combines 难 (difficult) with 懂 (to understand), creating a straightforward compound that expresses difficulty in comprehension.
Usage
Commonly used to describe written materials, lectures, technical jargon, or complex ideas that are hard to follow. Often appears with intensifiers like 很 (very) or 太 (too). Can describe both objective difficulty and subjective experience of not understanding something.
Examples
- 01这本书的内容很难懂，我读了好几遍还是不明白。, .The content of this book is very difficult to understand; I've read it several times and still don't get it.
- 02老师讲课太快了，有些概念对我来说很难懂。, .The teacher lectures too fast; some concepts are hard for me to understand.
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Common collocations
- 很难懂very difficult to understand
- 难懂的文章difficult article
- 太难懂了too hard to understand