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All HSK 3.0 Level 7–9 words

棘手

jíshǒu

In Mandarin Chinese, 棘手 (jíshǒu) means “thorny; troublesome; knotty”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

Meaning

  1. thorny
  2. troublesome
  3. knotty
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Examples

  • 这个问题处理起来很棘手。
    Zhège wèntí chǔlǐ qǐlái hěn jíshǒu.
    This problem is very thorny to handle.

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