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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

死结

sǐjié

tight knot

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

tight knot

02

intractable problem

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 死结 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 死结 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

这个鞋带打成死结,不容易解得开。zhè ge xié dài dǎ chéng sǐ jié, bù róng yì jiě dé kāi。

No published English translation for this sentence.

他的病是抑郁成疾,除非想办法解开他心中的死结,否则无法痊愈。tā de bìng shì yì yù chéng jí, chú fēi xiǎng bàn fǎ jiě kāi tā xīn zhōng de sǐ jié, fǒu zé wú fǎ quán yù。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 死结.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 死结.

Directly before

  • 打成死结1
  • 的死结1

Directly after

  • No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 死结

What does 死结 mean in Chinese?

死结 (sǐjié) means tight knot.

How do you pronounce 死结?

死结 is pronounced sǐjié.

Is 死结 an HSK word?

死结 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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