纠缠

jiū chán

HSK 7–9

Meaning

缠绕在一起，难以分开；也指找麻烦，搅扰不休。

To be intertwined or entangled; also means to pester or bother persistently.

常用于描述物理上的缠绕（如线、头发），或比喻意义上的纠缠（如问题、关系、纠纷）。

Often used to describe physical tangling (e.g., threads, hair), or metaphorical entangling (e.g., problems, relationships, disputes).

1 这两条线纠缠在一起，很难解开。 (These two threads are tangled together and hard to untie.)
2 请不要总是纠缠那些过去的错误。 (Please don't keep dwelling on past mistakes.)
3 她一直被债务问题纠缠，心情很不好。 (She has been troubled by debt problems and is in a bad mood.)
4 那个男人一直在纠缠她，她感到非常困扰。 (That man has been pestering her, and she feels very annoyed.)
5 法律上的纠缠让这个案件拖延了很长时间。 (The legal entanglements prolonged this case for a long time.)

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