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棘手
Simplified
棘手
Traditional
棘手
Pinyin
jí shǒu
Definition
thorny (problem); intractable
这问题真棘手
Zhè wèntí zhēn jíshǒu
This problem is really thorny
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棘
朿
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朿
朿
Part
cì
stab
朿
Part
cì
stab
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