Chinese word
症结
zhēng jié
hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine)
Traditional: 癥結
Meaning
Definitions are in English.- hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine)
- crux of an issue
- main point in an argument
- sticking point
- deadlock in negotiations
Characters in this word
Common words: 症 · 结
Words
Words with the same first character
Examples
Example sentences
Sentences from the HSK character sentence bank. Tap a word or character to open its dictionary entry.
Wèntí de zhēngjié wèibì zàiyú zīyuán zǒngliàng bùzú, ér kěnéng zàiyú zīyuán pèizhì yǔ xūqiú jiégòu zhījiān cúnzài cuòwèi.
The crux of the problem may not be an insufficient overall supply of resources, but a mismatch between resource allocation and the structure of demand.