shǒu

HSK 7-9
common
formal

Meaning of 棘手

棘手 means thorny; knotty; difficult to handle. Pronounced jí shǒu. HSK 7-9.

  • thorny; knotty; difficult to handle

Definitions & Examples

píng
héng
suàn
shì
fēi
cháng
shǒu
de
wèn
 

How to balance the budget is a very thorny problem.

Gōng
miàn
lín
zhe
liè
shǒu
de
jiū
fēn
 

The company is facing a series of knotty legal disputes.

Zhè
ge
xiàng
cóng
kāi
shǐ
jiù
dào
le
shǒu
de
shù
zhàng
ài
 

This project encountered tricky technical obstacles from the very beginning.

shàn
chǔ
xiē
bié
rén
dōu
jué
de
shǒu
de
gōng
guān
wēi
 

He is good at handling those public relations crises that others find very difficult.