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

Определение

Примеры

• 他明明不会游泳，你却让他去救落水的人，这不是强人所难吗？
  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?
• 朋友之间互相帮忙是应该的，但不要强人所难。
  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.
• 老板让一个新手三天内完成这个项目，简直是强人所难。
  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.