死结难解 (死結難解)
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Pinyin
Definition
死结难解 (死結難解)
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- enigmatic knot hard to untie (idiom); thorny problem
- intractable difficulty
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to understand
- 2 to realize
- 3 to find out
- 1 to die
- 2 impassable
- 3 uncrossable
- 4 inflexible
- 5 rigid
- 6 extremely
- 7 damned
- 1 to comprehend
- 2 to understand
- 3 comprehension
- 4 understanding
- 1 to settle (a dispute)
- 2 to resolve
- 3 to solve
- 4 to dispose of
- 5 to dispatch
Idioms (20)
一知半解
- 1 lit. to know one and understand half (idiom); a smattering of knowledge
- 2 dilettante
- 3 amateur
不到黄河心不死
- 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
- 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
- 3 to keep going while some hope is left
不是鱼死就是网破
- 1 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)
- 2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle
- 3 it's either him or me
不求甚解
- 1 lit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom); only looking for an overview
- 2 not bothered with the details
- 3 superficial
- 4 content with shallow understanding
不知死活
- 1 to act recklessly (idiom)