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碰了钉子
碰了钉子
碰了钉子
碰了钉子
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碰了钉子

碰了钉子 Pronunciation and Pinyin

碰了钉子 Usage and Examples

to hit a snag

to meet with a rebuff

to be rebuffed

to hit a wall

to be rejected

The characters in 碰了钉子

Stroke Order
CharacterPinyinStrokesMeaning
碰
pèng13to bump, meet, or try
了
le2completion or change
钉
dīng7nail, fasten, follow closely
子
zi3son, child, seed, small thing

More words starting with 碰

  • pèng碰shàng上le了encountered, ran into
  • pèng碰gè个tóu头meet up, touch base
  • pèng碰le了touched, bumped
  • pèng碰le了yì一bí鼻zi子huī灰get a rebuff, be rebuffed
  • pèng碰le了gè个dīng钉zi子Hit a snag, Got a rebuff
  • pèng碰shāng伤bruise, bump
  • pèng碰dǎo倒le了knocked over, tipped over
  • pèng碰dào到run into, bump into
  • pèng碰dào到le了encountered, met
  • pèng碰jìn劲er儿by chance; by coincidence
  • pèng碰huài坏le了damaged, broken
  • pèng碰bì壁hit a wall, be rebuffed

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Questions about 碰了钉子

What does 碰了钉子 mean in Chinese?

碰了钉子 (pèng le dīng zi) means “to hit a snag, to meet with a rebuff, to be rebuffed, to hit a wall”.

How do you pronounce 碰了钉子?

碰了钉子 is pronounced pèng le dīng zi in Mandarin Chinese.

How do you say “to hit a snag” in Chinese?

“to hit a snag” is 碰了钉子 (pèng le dīng zi) in Chinese.

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