| 死结难解 |
sǐ jié nán jiě |
enigmatic knot hard to untie (idiom); thorny problem / intractable difficulty |
| 死 |
sǐ |
to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned |
| 死结 |
sǐ jié |
tight knot / intractable problem |
| 结 |
jiē |
(of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds) / Taiwan pr. [jie2] |
| 结 |
jié |
knot / sturdy / bond / to tie / to bind / to check out (of a hotel) |
| 难 |
nán |
difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good |
| 难 |
nàn |
disaster / distress / to scold |
| 难解 |
nán jiě |
hard to solve / hard to dispel / hard to understand / hard to undo |
| 解 |
Xiè |
surname Xie |
| 解 |
jiě |
to divide / to break up / to split / to separate / to dissolve / to solve / to melt / to remove / to untie / to loosen / to open / to emancipate / to explain / to understand / to know / a solution / a dissection |
| 解 |
jiè |
to transport under guard |
| 解 |
xiè |
acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old) / variant of 懈 and 邂 (old) |