刁难

• 拼音: diāo nàn
• 汉字拆解: 刁 = mouth + hook radical (cunning, sly, crafty); 难 = 又 + 隹 (difficult, hard, troublesome)

含义

To deliberately make things difficult for someone; to obstruct, harass, or create unnecessary obstacles through cunning or malice.

Often used in bureaucratic, workplace, or interpersonal conflict contexts. Implies intentional ill-will or petty abuse of power. Common in complaints about unfair treatment by officials or colleagues.

例句

1. 那名官员屡次以各种借口刁难前来办理手续的群众，最终被上级部门严肃处理并追究责任。
2. 她在申请签证的过程中遭受了多方刁难，被迫反复补充材料，历经数月才获批准入境。
3. 同事之间本应互相协作，却有人故意刁难新来的员工，令整个团队的工作氛围十分紧张。

用法指南

语境: conflict, bureaucracy, workplace, complaint

语气: negative

正确说法

• 上司总是借鸡毛蒜皮的小事刁难下属，让大家敢怒不敢言，工作效率也大为下降。(The superior constantly used trivial matters to make things difficult for subordinates, leaving everyone silently furious and productivity significantly reduced.)
• 他不满申请被拒绝，投诉称审批人员在整个流程中对他横加刁难，态度极为恶劣。(Displeased by the rejection, he complained that the approving official had deliberately obstructed him throughout the whole process with an extremely poor attitude.)

错误说法

• 这道题刁难我了 — use 难住 or 考倒 instead; 刁难 implies deliberate human obstruction, not the inherent difficulty of a problem or task

起源与历史

刁 (cunning, sly; to be crafty) + 难 (difficult; to make difficult for someone)

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal