大難 [－难]

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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. great catastrophe
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    major catastrophe (Classifier: 場／场; 次; 種／种)
    (syn.) 惨剧, 災厄, 沙𧐔, 灾厄, 灾殃, 祸殃, 慘禍, 災劫, 人祸, 痈疽, 惨祸, 祸事, 慘事, 人禍, 天災, 禍事, 乱儿, 祸害, 祸息, 祸患, 灾祸, 災殃, 浩劫, 災變, 灾, 灾难, 巨禍, 癰疽, 禍殃, 禍息, 灾劫, 大禍, 禍, 大祸, 災難, 災, 祸, 劫难, 患, 奇禍, 眚沴, 劫, 劫煞, 災禍, 亂兒, 央厄, 灾害, 禍害, 慘劇, 災害, 灾变, 禍患, 奇祸, 巨祸, 天灾, 惨事, 劫難, 厄
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    大难临头，佢都仲冇厘正经，真系唔识死。
    大難臨頭，佢都仲冇厘正經，真係唔識死。
    daai6 naan6 lam4 tau4, keoi5 dou1 zung6 mou5 lei4 zing3 ging1, zan1 hai6 m4 sik1 sei2.
    • Faced with absolute doom, he is still joking around, I don't think he knows how badly the situation is.
  2. Cantonese
    大难不死，必有后福
    大難不死，必有後福
    daai6 naan6 bat1 sei2, bit1 jau5 hau6 fuk1
    • one is bound for good fortune after surviving a great disaster
  3. Cantonese
    今次冇温书都合格，真系大难不死。
    今次冇温書都合格，真係大難不死。
    • I pass the exam though I didn't study at all. It's like surviving a great disaster!
  4. Cantonese
    今次飞机失事﹐有十个人大难不死。
    今次飛機失事﹐有十個人大難不死。
    • 10 have survived the plane crash.
  5. Cantonese
    你今次逃过大难，真系要㓥鸡还神喇！
    你今次逃過大難，真係要劏雞還神喇！
    nei5 gam1 ci3 tou4 gwo3 daai6 naan6, zan1 hai6 jiu3 tong1 gai1 waan4 san4 laa3!
    • You must thank god (by slaughtering a chicken) that you were saved from the disaster.
Examples (None)
  1. Cantonese
    大难不死
    大難不死
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    他多次历险却大难不死，按照我们中国人的传统说法，他真的够得上是“福大、命大、造化大”。
    他多次歷險卻大難不死，按照我們中國人的傳統説法，他真的夠得上是“福大、命大、造化大”。
    tā duō cì lì xiǎn què dà nàn bù sǐ ， àn zhào wǒ men zhōng guó rén de chuán tǒng shuō fǎ ， tā zhēn de gòu de shàng shì “ fú dà ， mìng dà ， zào hua dà ” ．
    • He escaped death many times. According to the traditional Chinese saying, he really is "lucky, lucky, lucky."
  2. Mandarin
    如能大难不死，定会与你重聚。
    如能大難不死，定會與你重聚。
    rú néng dà nán bù sǐ ， dìng huì yǔ nǐ chóng jù ．
    • I may meet you again if I am spared.