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Progressing from characters to words and idioms marks advanced Chinese. This guide freely explains 「難分難解」 for your learning.

The idiom 「難分難解」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.

It refers to a quarrel, struggle, competition, etc. where the two sides are at a stalemate and difficult to separate. Sometimes it is also used to describe a very close and inseparable relationship between two parties.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

nán fèn nán jiě

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

naan4 fan1 naan4 gaai2

Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.