汉英词典
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MEANING OF 谈何容易
谈何容易 (談何容易)
easier said than done (idiom)
It was not easy for the former officials to speak to the monarch / Afterwards, things are not as simple as they said
本谓在君王面前谈说论议﹑指陈得失不可轻易从事∥容﹐岂可﹐怎能容许。《文选.东方朔》﹕"先生曰﹕于戏﹐可乎哉?可乎哉?谈何容易!"张铣注﹕"再言之者﹐所以言谈之辞﹐何得轻易而为之。"汉桓宽《盐铁论.箴石》﹕"贾生有言曰﹕'恳言则辞浅而不入﹐深言则逆耳而失指。'故曰﹕'谈何容易。'谈且不易﹐而况行之乎?"马非百简注﹕"谈﹐说话∥容﹐怎能容许。易﹐轻易。"后以"容易"连读﹐意为说起来简单﹐做起来可并不那么容易。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

谈何容易

Could it be that easy?

但是想脱身,谈何容易

But there is no easy way out.

他回答说,没有门路,留学谈何容易

He answered that he had no way, and studying outside was by no means easy.

花了好几年才取得今天的成绩,要你现在放手谈何容易

You've spent years getting to this point, so you just can't drop out now.

老板是个很倔的人,想让他改变态度谈何容易

The boss is a stubborn man; it's not easy to make him dance to another tune.

要在观看足球赛的人群中找一个小男孩真像是海底捞针,谈何容易

There is no use searching for him in this crowd; it is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

但是在崎岖地势、苍茫大雪、没有食物、很少保暖衣物的条件下要一直保持希望谈何容易

But it was hard to stay hopeful lost in rugged terrain, in heavy snow, with no food and few warm clothes.

在世界屋脊上修公路谈何容易,需要翻越多座横断山脉的大山和多条汹涌、刺骨的江河。

Easier said than done on building roads in the roof of the world, more than a dozen mountain range to climb the mountain and a number of rough, biting rivers.

密密层层的“朋友”,组合成友情的沙漠,不要说严格意义上的,就连宽泛意义上的友情,要想真实而纯净,找起来又谈何容易

A dense "friends" build the desert of friend, don't say in the meaning of a strict friendship, even the meaning of a broad friendship want to true and pure, it's hard to find.

大家都向往有自己美好的家,经营好自己的婚姻,自己身边有一位爱妻,相互每天都是朝朝暮暮;可现实中对一部分人来讲,谈何容易

Everyone has their beautiful home for good management, marriage, his wife, one side is exist; every day. In reality, in part, talk no easy!