hard to (predict, imagine etc) in Mandarin

You can remember the meaning of 难以 with this easy mnemonic:

It is difficult (难) to imagine what childbirth will be like. According (以) to my mom, its the hardest thing she has ever done.

Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like can have an enormous impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

• 难
• 以

• 难以置信
• 以防万一
• 以上
• 之所以
• 以及
• 难怪
• 艰难
• 难道
• 难以
• 难堪
• 以来
• 足以
• 以后
• 有史以来
• 难过
• 难受

The reading of 难以 is nán yǐ.

You can remember how to say 难以 with this useful mnemonic:

However my nanny (nán yǐ) says that raising me was the hardest thing that she has ever done.

Using mnemonics to remember the reading of Chinese vocabulary like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

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