神经中枢

神經中樞
shénjīng zhōngshū
noun #31,813

Meanings

  1. 1 nerve center (anatomy)
  2. 2 (figurative) command center; nerve center of an operation

Examples

HSK 7-9
Dànǎo shì réntǐ de shénjīng zhōngshū.
The brain is the nerve center of the human body.
HSK 7-9
Zhège zhǐhuībù shì zhěnggè jiùyuán xíngdòng de shénjīng zhōngshū.
This command post is the nerve center of the entire rescue operation.

Tips

usage
Used both anatomically (the literal nervous-system structure) and figuratively for any control hub - a war room, a stock-exchange floor, a data-center NOC. The figurative sense is more common in journalism than the anatomical one.

Stroke Order

shén
jīng
zhōng
shū