难堪 (nán kān) — embarrassed; awkward; hard to bear; unbearable
Definition
难堪 (nánkān) covers both 'embarrassed' (a person) and 'awkward/unbearable' (a situation). For the social-embarrassment sense it is close to 尴尬 and 难为情; for 'hard to bear' it overlaps with 难受, but is stronger and more literary.
embarrassedawkwardhard to bearunbearable
Examples
- 难堪。Tā shuō de huà ràng wǒ gǎn dào hěn nán kān.What he said made me feel very embarrassed.
- 难堪。Zhè zhǒng nán kān de jú miàn zhōng yú jié shù le.This awkward situation finally ended.
- ，难堪。Lián xù jiā bān sān tiān, shēn tǐ shí zài nán kān.Working overtime three days in a row, my body really couldn't take it.
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