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