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chū
nán


(Make puzzle) Make things difficult


jiě
shì

yǒu
de
lǎo
shī
chū

kǎo
shì

zǒng

huān
chū
guài


nán


hǎo
xiàng
hé
xué
shēng
guò
bù
qù

yàng

shēng
huó
zhōng
zhè
yàng
de
rén
yě
bù
shǎo

zǒng

huān
gēn
rén
chū
diǎn
nán



Explanation: Some teachers always set difficult and strange questions to give students a hard time. There are also such people in life, who take delight in making things difficult for others.






Example


1
1

wǒ
men
lǎo
bǎn
jìn
gēn
wǒ
chū
nán


wǒ
de
yīng
yǔ
bù
xíng

hái
ràng
wǒ
dāng
huì
tán
fān



Ex1.:Our boss always make things difficult for me. My English is not so good, but he still made me interpret for the meeting.


2
2

dào
zhōng
guó
lái
gōng
zuò

shì
tā


gēn


chū
de
nán


gāng
lái
de
shí
hòu

tā

jù
zhōng
wén
yě
bù
huì
shuō

bù
guò

xiàn
zài
tā
néng
yòng
zhōng
wén
gōng
zuò
le


Ex2.:To work in China is the tough challenge he set for himself. He didn't know a single word of Chinese when he just came. But now he is able to work with Chinese.
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chuān
穿

tiáo
kù


gè

kǒng
chū


(Wear one pair of pants/expire with one nostril)                 Birds of a feather


jiě
shì

xíng
róng
liǎng
gè
huò

gè
rén
hù
xiāng
gōu
jié

xiāng
hù

hù


Explanation: When said two or several people are wearing "one pair of pants", it means they're collaborating with each other.






Example

例:



wǒ
zhēn
dǎo
méi

jīng

zǒng
shì
gěi
wǒ
xiǎo
xié
chuān
穿





zuì
hǎo
gào
sù
dǒng
shì
cháng




yǒu
shí
me
yòng
ne

tā
men
shì
chuān
穿

tiáo
kù

de


Ex.:

A:Why I'm so unlucky, the manager always make things difficult for me.

B:You can talk to the chairman of the board.

A:What good can that do? They're on the same side.
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