癥結

Simplified: 症结

On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C1.

zhēngjié ㄓㄥ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

    • hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine)
    • crux of an issue
    • main point in an argument
    • sticking point
    • deadlock in negotiations

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Other words read zhēngjié

zhengjie with other tones

  • 整潔 zhěngjié neatly
  • 政界 zhèngjiè political and government circles
  • 正解 zhèngjiě right solution

Near homophones of zhengjie

  • 貞節 zhēnjié chastity
  • 貞潔 zhēnjié chastity
  • 枕藉 zhěnjiè lie in total disorder

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