强人所难 (jiàng) — to impose a difficult task on someone; to force someone to do something they are unwilling or unable to do
Definition
A chéngyǔ meaning to force someone to do something they can't or don't want to do. It frames the action as unreasonable pressure on another person.
idiom
to impose a difficult task on someoneto force someone to do something they are unwilling or unable to do
Examples
- ，，强人所难？Tā míng míng bú huì yóu yǒng, nǐ què ràng tā qù jiù luò shuǐ de rén, zhè bú shì jiàng ma?He clearly can't swim, yet you ask him to save the drowning person — isn't that imposing an impossible task on him?
- ，强人所难。Péng you zhī jiān hù xiāng bāng máng shì yīng gāi de, dàn bú yào jiàng.It's fine for friends to help each other, but don't force them to do things they can't.
- ，强人所难。Lǎo bǎn ràng yí gè xīn shǒu sān tiān nèi wán chéng zhè ge xiàng mù, jiǎn zhí shì jiàng.The boss asked a newcomer to finish this project in three days — that's really imposing an impossible task.
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