HSK 7–9 vocabularyHSK 3.0

症结

zhēngjié

Traditional: 癥結

hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine)

HSK 7–9

Meaning of 症结 in English

zhēngjiéHSK 7–9nounSyllabus #10647
  1. hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine)
  2. crux of an issue
  3. main point in an argument
  4. sticking point
  5. deadlock in negotiations

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Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences