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title: "Nande Meaning: 难得 (nándé) Means “rare”"
description: "难得 (traditional 難得, nándé) means “rare; hard to come by; seldom”. Hear its tones, see what 难 and 得 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/nande"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 难得 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

难得 nándé

## rare; hard to come by; seldom

## Its characters

1. 难 nán difficult
2. 得 dé to obtain

## In a sentence

这么好的天气真难得。 Weather this nice is really rare.

春节也是**难得**的长假，放假一般有一个多星期。

From [什么是春运？ · What is Chunyun, China’s Spring Festival travel rush?](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/what-is-chunyun-chinese-new-year-travel-rush#library-word-297-299)

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## More words with 难 or 得

- [不得 bùdé](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bude)
- [不得不 bùdébù](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/budebu)
- [不得了 bùdeliǎo](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/budeliao)
- [不由得 bùyóude](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/buyoude)
- [得到 dédào](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/dedao)
- [得分 défēn](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/defen)
- [得了吧 déleba](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/deleba)
- [得以 déyǐ](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/deyi)
- [得知 dézhī](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/dezhi)
- [得罪 dézuì](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/dezui)

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