勉為其難

Chinese

exhort
because of; for; to
because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become
 
his; her; its
his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to something preceding it)
 
disaster; distress; to scold
disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
 
trad. (勉為其難/勉爲其難) /
simp. (勉为其难)

Pronunciation


Idiom

勉為其難

  1. to reluctantly do something that is almost beyond one's ability or something that one does not wish to do
  2. to force someone to do something that he/she is hardly capable of or is unwilling to do