"thorny issue" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
绕手 繞手 rào shǒu thorny issue / tricky case
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
问题 問題 wèn tí question / problem / issue / topic / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from syn
to send out / to show (one's feeling) / to issue / to develop / to make a bundle of money / classifier for gunshots (rounds) syn
to carry (hanging down from the hand) / to lift / to put forward / to mention / to raise (an issue) / upwards character stroke / lifting brush stroke (in painting) / scoop for measuring liquid syn
做出 zuò chū to put out / to issue
提出 tí chū to raise (an issue) / to propose / to put forward / to suggest / to post (on a website) / to withdraw (cash)
发出 發出 fā chū to issue (an order, decree etc) / to send out / to dispatch / to produce (a sound) / to let out (a laugh) syn
发表 發表 fā biǎo to issue / to publish syn
作出 zuò chū to put out / to come up with / to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc) / to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc) / to draw (conclusion) / to deliver (speech, judgment) / to devise (explanation) / to extract syn
发送 發送 fā sòng to transmit / to dispatch / to issue (an official document or credential) syn
发布 發布 fā bù to release / to issue / to announce / to distribute syn
发给 發給 fā gěi to issue / to grant / to distribute syn
口径 口徑 kǒu jìng bore / caliber / diameter / aperture / (fig.) stance (on an issue) / version (of events) / account / narrative / line syn
回避 迴避 huí bì to shun / to avoid (sb) / to skirt / to evade (an issue) / to step back / to withdraw / to recuse (a judge etc) syn
棘手 jí shǒu thorny (problem) / intractable syn
下令 xià lìng to give an order / to issue an order syn
发行 發行 fā xíng to publish / to issue / to release / to distribute syn
散发 散發 sàn fā to distribute / to emit / to issue syn
围绕 圍繞 wéi rào to revolve around / to center on (an issue) syn
签证 簽證 qiān zhèng visa / to issue a visa syn
颁发 頒發 bān fā to issue / to promulgate / to award syn
下达 下達 xià dá to transmit to lower levels / to issue (a command, decree etc)
特辑 特輯 tè jí special collection / special issue / album syn
签发 簽發 qiān fā to issue (a document) / to sign and issue officially
课题 課題 kè tí task / problem / issue syn
酝酿 醞釀 yùn niàng (of alcohol) to ferment / (of a crisis) to be brewing / to mull over (an issue) / to hold exploratory discussions syn
首发 首發 shǒu fā first issue / first public showing
架势 架勢 jià shi attitude / position (on an issue etc) syn
荆棘 荊棘 jīng jí thistles and thorns / brambles / thorny undergrowth syn
议题 議題 yì tí topic of discussion / topic / subject / issue (under discussion) / CL:項|项[xiang4]
颁布 頒布 bān bù to issue / to proclaim / to enact (laws, decrees etc) syn
带刺 帶刺 dài cì thorny / (fig.) barbed / sarcastic
症结 癥結 zhēng jié hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine) / crux of an issue / main point in an argument / sticking point / deadlock in negotiations syn
发令 發令 fā lìng to issue an order syn
下行 xià xíng (of trains) down (i.e. away from the capital) / (of river boats) to travel downstream / to issue (a document) to lower bureaucratic levels / (of writing on the page) vertical, proceeding from top to bottom syn
提法 tí fǎ wording (of a proposal) / formulation / viewpoint (on an issue) / (one of eight methods of bonesetting in TCM) restoring the part displaced by a fracture to its correct position by lifting syn
做文章 zuò wén zhāng to make an issue of sth / to fuss / to make a song and dance
出具 chū jù to issue (document, certificate etc) / to provide syn
枝节 枝節 zhī jié branches and knots / fig. side issue / minor peripheral problem syn
事过境迁 事過境遷 shì guò jìng qiān The issue is in the past, and the situation has changed (idiom). / It is water under the bridge. syn
创刊号 創刊號 chuàng kān hào first issue
顽疾 頑疾 wán jí stubborn illness / chronic disease / fig. deep-seated problem / systemic issue
刊号 刊號 kān hào issue number (of a magazine etc)
本题 本題 běn tí the subject under discussion / the point at issue syn
配发 配發 pèi fā to issue / to distribute / to publish along with
郁结 鬱結 yù jié to suffer from pent-up frustrations / mental knot / emotional issue syn
下发 下發 xià fā to issue (a memorandum etc) to lower levels / to distribute (e.g. disaster relief to victims) syn
认购 認購 rèn gòu to undertake to purchase sth / to subscribe (to share issue)
解决办法 解決辦法 jiě jué bàn fǎ solution / method to settle an issue
订票 訂票 dìng piào to book tickets / to issue tickets
安全问题 安全問題 ān quán wèn tí safety issue / security issue
发卡 發卡 fā kǎ to issue a card / (slang) to reject a guy or a girl / to chuck syn
公案 gōng àn judge's desk / complex legal case / contentious issue / koan (Zen Buddhism) syn
约请 約請 yuē qǐng to invite / to issue an invitation syn
颁行 頒行 bān xíng issue for enforcement
行令 xíng lìng to issue orders / to order sb to drink in a drinking game
小题大做 小題大做 xiǎo tí dà zuò to make a big fuss over a minor issue (idiom) syn
bān to promulgate / to send out / to issue / to grant or confer syn
沉疴 沉痾 chén kē chronic illness / (fig.) deep-rooted problem / longstanding issue syn
降旨 jiàng zhǐ to issue an imperial edict
置喙 zhì huì to offer an opinion / to comment (on the issue) / to have a say (in the matter)
横生枝节 橫生枝節 héng shēng zhī jié to deliberately complicate an issue (idiom) syn
瞎指挥 瞎指揮 xiā zhǐ huī to give nonsensical instructions / to issue orders out of ignorance
不识大体 不識大體 bù shí dà tǐ to fail to see the larger issue (idiom) / to fail to grasp the big picture syn
zhè a thorny tree / sugarcane / Cudrania triloba / three-bristle cudrania (Cudrania tricuspidata) / Chinese mulberry (Cudrania)
振臂一呼 zhèn bì yī hū to issue a call for action / to raise one's hand and issue a rousing call (idiom) syn
姑置勿论 姑置勿論 gū zhì wù lùn (idiom) to put (an issue) to one side for the moment
发表声明 發表聲明 fā biǎo shēng míng to issue a statement / to issue a declaration
先决问题 先決問題 xiān jué wèn tí issue that needs to be addressed first (before another issue can be resolved)
初次发放表 初次發放表 initial scale of issue / initial issue / initial stock scaling / initial supply
初次发放量 初次發放量 initial scale of issue / initial issue / initial stock scaling / initial supply
初次弹药发放 初次彈藥發放 initial issue of ammunition / first-line scale of ammunition / ammunition initial issue
振臂一呼 zhèn bì - yī hū (idiom) to issue a call for action / to raise one's hand and issue a rousing call syn
(oak) / thorny shrub
棘楚 jí chǔ thorny problem / troublesome affair
死结难解 死結難解 sǐ jié nán jiě enigmatic knot hard to untie (idiom) / thorny problem / intractable difficulty
荆山 荊山 jīng shān Thorny mountain (several) / Mt Jingshan in Hubei
栉齿锯鳐 thorny skate
攻坚克难 攻堅克難 gōng jiān kè nán to tackle a thorny problem and overcome its challenges
迴避 huí bì avoid / sidestep / skirt (an issue)
基础问题 基礎問題 jī chǔ wèn tí basic issue / fundamental question
具体问题 具體問題 jù tǐ wèn tí concrete issue
造成问题 造成問題 zào chéng wèn tí to create an issue / to cause a problem
重要问题 重要問題 zhòng yào wèn tí an important issue
催证 催證 cuī zhèng to call for the issue of a letter of credit (international trade)
传旨 傳旨 chuán zhǐ issue a decree
优先认股权 優先認股權 yōu xiān rèn gǔ quán preemptive right (in share issue)
刘贵今 劉貴今 liú guì jīn Liu Guijin (1945-), PRC diplomat, special representative to Africa from 2007, Chinese specialist on Sudan and the Darfur issue
批办 批辦 pī bàn to approve and carry out / to issue approval
采取行动 採取行動 cǎi qǔ xíng dòng to take action / to adopt policies / to move on some issue
撇开不谈 撇開不談 piē kāi bù tán to ignore an issue (idiom)
枝节问题 枝節問題 zhī jié wèn tí side issue / peripheral complication
发交 發交 fā jiāo to issue and deliver (to people)
发出指示 發出指示 fā chū zhǐ shì to issue instructions
发行备忘录 發行備忘錄 fā xíng bèi wàng lù offering memorandum (for public stock issue) / publication memorandum
发行红利股 發行紅利股 fā xíng hóng lì gǔ a bonus issue (a form of dividend payment)
签发地点 簽發地點 qiān fā dì diǎn place of issue (of document)
签发日期 簽發日期 qiān fā rì qī date of issue (of document)
统一口径 統一口徑 tǒng yī kǒu jìng to adopt a unified approach to discussing an issue / to sing from the same hymn sheet
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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