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症结

zhēng jié

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 癥結

症结 (zhēng jié) means "hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine); crux of an issue; main point in an argument". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 症结 means

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

The characters in 症结

• 症zhèngdisease; illness
• 结jiéknot; sturdy; bond

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