| 阿难 |
Ē nán |
Prince Ananda, cousin of the Buddha and his closest disciple |
| 阿 |
ā |
prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity / used in transliteration / (bound form) Afghanistan (abbr. for 阿富汗) / (bound form) Albania (abbr. for 阿尔巴尼亚) / (bound form) Algeria (abbr. for 阿尔及利亚) / (bound form) Argentina (abbr. for 阿根廷) / also pr. [a4] |
| 阿 |
ē |
(literary) to flatter; to curry favor with |
| 难 |
nán |
difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good |
| 难 |
nàn |
disaster / distress / to scold |