死结难解 (死結難解)
sǐ jié nán jiě
Pinyin

Definition

死结难解 (死結難解)
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sǐ jié nán jiě
  1. enigmatic knot hard to untie (idiom); thorny problem
  2. intractable difficulty

Related Words (20)

liǎo jiě
  1. 1 to understand
  2. 2 to realize
  3. 3 to find out
  1. 1 to die
  2. 2 impassable
  3. 3 uncrossable
  4. 4 inflexible
  5. 5 rigid
  6. 6 extremely
  7. 7 damned
lǐ jiě
  1. 1 to comprehend
  2. 2 to understand
  3. 3 comprehension
  4. 4 understanding
jiě jué
  1. 1 to settle (a dispute)
  2. 2 to resolve
  3. 3 to solve
  4. 4 to dispose of
  5. 5 to dispatch
jiě shì
  1. 1 explanation
  2. 2 to explain
  3. 3 to interpret
  4. 4 to resolve
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

一知半解
yī zhī bàn jiě
  1. 1 lit. to know one and understand half (idiom); a smattering of knowledge
  2. 2 dilettante
  3. 3 amateur
不到黄河心不死
bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ
  1. 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
  3. 3 to keep going while some hope is left
不是鱼死就是网破
bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò
  1. 1 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle
  3. 3 it's either him or me
不求甚解
bù qiú shèn jiě
  1. 1 lit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom); only looking for an overview
  2. 2 not bothered with the details
  3. 3 superficial
  4. 4 content with shallow understanding
不知死活
bù zhī sǐ huó
  1. 1 to act recklessly (idiom)