HSK 7-9
刁难
diāonàn动
to be hard on sb; to deliberately make things difficult; Taiwan pr. diāonán
办事人员没有故意刁难他。
Bàn shì rén yuán méi yǒu gù yì diāo nàn tā.
The clerk did not deliberately make matters difficult for him.
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Appears across levels (7-9) in the HSK 3.0 word list.