zhēng jié

Traditional: 癥結

症结 (zhēng jié) is a Chinese word meaning “hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine); crux of an issue; main point in an argument”.

Meanings

  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
Part of speech
noun

Characters in 症结

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