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纠缠

jiū chán

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

纠缠 (jiū chán) means "to be in a tangle; to nag". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 纠缠 means

1. to be in a tangle
2. to nag

The characters in 纠缠

• 纠jiūto gather together; to investigate; to entangle
• 缠chánto wind around; to wrap round; to coil

Example sentences

• 为什么我们纠缠细枝末节而不进入正题呢？
  Why don't we stop arguing over these piddling matters and get to the issues at hand?
• 为什么我们不停止纠缠细枝末节而进入正题呢？
  Wèishénme wǒmen bù tíngzhǐ jiūchán xìzhīmòjié ér jìnrù zhèng tí ne?
  Why don't we stop arguing over these piddling matters and get to the issues at hand?

Words starting with 纠缠

• 纠缠不清jiū chán bù qīnghopelessly muddled; impossible to unravel

Words containing 纠缠

• 量子纠缠liàng zǐ jiū chánquantum entanglement (physics)

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