症
结

Hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine) in Chinese: 症结 (zhēng jié)

zhēng jié

hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 癥結1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine)
  2. 2crux of an issue
  3. 3main point in an argument
  4. 4sticking point
  5. 5deadlock in negotiations

Stroke order

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症
结

Zhuyin

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ㄓㄥ

zhēng

ㄓ/ zhㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

ㄐㄧㄝˊ

jié

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄝ/ êˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

症结

Simplified

癥結

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 找到问题的症结才能解决它。

    zhǎo dào wèn tí de zhēng jié cái néng jiě jué tā。

    Only by finding the crux of the problem can you solve it.

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Related words

结

jié

knot

结婚

jié hūn

to marry

结束

jié shù

termination

结果

jié guǒ

outcome

总结

zǒng jié

to sum up

结构

jié gòu

structure

结合

jié hé

to combine

结论

jié lùn

conclusion

结实

jiē shi

rugged

结账

jié zhàng

to pay the bill

团结

tuán jié

to unite

症状

zhèng zhuàng

symptom (of an illness)

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