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Pinyin | Yale | Jyutping | English Definition for Chinese Text |
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gik1 sau2 | gik1 sau2 | thorny (problem) / intractable |
Simplified Chinese | Pinyin | Yale | Jyutping | English Definition for Chinese Text |
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gik1 | gik1 | thorns | ||
sau2 | sau2 | hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill |
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How to use 棘手 in a Sentence
Collecting bad debts is often a difficult affair.
- 使 shǐ
- 用 yòng
- 辐 fú
- 照 zhào
- 灭 miè
- 菌 jūn
- 能 néng
- 够 gòu
- 解 jiě
- 决 jué
- 某 mǒu
- 些 xiē
- 棘 jí
- 手 shǒu
- 的 de
- 问 wèn
- 题 tí
- . .
The use of radiation disinfection could solve some sticky problems.
- 咱 zán
- 们 men
- 继 jì
- 续 xù
- 讨 tǎo
- 论 lùn
- 下 xià
- 一 yī
- 项 xiàng
- 税 shuì
- 制 zhì
- 改 gǎi
- 革 gé
- 这 zhè
- 个 gè
- 棘 jí
- 手 shǒu
- 的 de
- 问 wèn
- 题 tí
- 吧 bā
- 。 。
Let's move on to the prickly subject of taxation reform.
- 他 tā
- 面 miàn
- 临 lín
- 着 zhe
- 十 shí
- 分 fēn
- 棘 jí
- 手 shǒu
- 的 de
- 选 xuǎn
- 择 zé
- , ,
- 是 shì
- 下 xià
- 海 hǎi
- 还 hái
- 是 shì
- 出 chū
- 国 guó
- 学 xué
- 习 xí
- . .
He is faced with a difficult choice : to go into business or study abroad.
- 这 zhè
- 届 jiè
- 政 zhèng
- 府 fǔ
- 从 cóng
- 前 qián
- 任 rèn
- 那 nà
- 里 lǐ
- 接 jiē
- 过 guò
- 了 le
- 一 yī
- 个 gè
- 非 fēi
- 常 cháng
- 棘 jí
- 手 shǒu
- 的 de
- 烂 làn
- 摊 tān
- 子 zǐ
- 。 。
The government inherited an impossible situation from its predecessors.
- 当 dāng
- 地 dì
- 的 de
- 经 jīng
- 济 jì
- 学 xué
- 者 zhě
- 们 men
- 预 yù
- 测 cè
- 到 dào
- 会 huì
- 出 chū
- 现 xiàn
- 一 yī
- 些 xiē
- 相 xiāng
- 当 dāng
- 棘 jí
- 手 shǒu
- 的 de
- 问 wèn
- 题 tí
- 。 。
Local economists have looked into their crystal balls and seen something rather nasty.
- 二 èr
- 人 rén
- 中 zhōng
- 任 rèn
- 意 yì
- 一 yī
- 个 gè
- 遇 yù
- 害 hài
- , ,
- 都 dū
- 会 huì
- 严 yán
- 重 zhòng
- 扰 rǎo
- 乱 luàn
- 本 běn
- 已 yǐ
- 非 fēi
- 常 cháng
- 棘 jí
- 手 shǒu
- 的 de
- 谈 tán
- 判 pàn
- 。 。
If either were killed, delicate negotiations would be seriously disrupted.
- 结 jié
- 果 guǒ
- , ,
- 议 yì
- 员 yuán
- 们 men
- 便 biàn
- 采 cǎi
- 取 qǔ
- 种 zhǒng
- 种 zhǒng
- 程 chéng
- 序 xù
- 性 xìng
- 的 de
- 手 shǒu
- 法 fǎ
- 来 lái
- 对 duì
- 付 fù
- 棘 jí
- 手 shǒu
- 的 de
- 问 wèn
- 题 tí
- . .
As a result, legislator employ various procedual devices to handle knotty problems.
- 对 duì
- 于 yú
- 所 suǒ
- 有 yǒu
- 这 zhè
- 些 xiē
- 棘 jí
- 手 shǒu
- 的 de
- 问 wèn
- 题 tí
- , ,
- 隆 lóng
- 都 dū
- 心 xīn
- 平 píng
- 气 qì
- 和 hé
- 地 dì
- 坦 tǎn
- 率 lǜ
- 地 dì
- 写 xiě
- 了 le
- 出 chū
- 来 lái
- . .
About all these sticky questions, Roon writes with calm frankness.
- 一 yī
- 些 xiē
- 实 shí
- 业 yè
- 家 jiā
- 认 rèn
- 为 wéi
- 政 zhèng
- 府 fǔ
- 应 yìng
- 该 gāi
- 在 zài
- 全 quán
- 民 mín
- 公 gōng
- 决 jué
- 前 qián
- 果 guǒ
- 断 duàn
- 出 chū
- 手 shǒu
- 解 jiě
- 决 jué
- 棘 jí
- 手 shǒu
- 的 de
- 货 huò
- 币 bì
- 贬 biǎn
- 值 zhí
- 问 wèn
- 题 tí
- 。 。
Some industrialists believe the government should grasp the nettle of devaluation before the referendum takes place.
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