纠葛

糾葛

jiūgé

noun #18,377

Meanings

1 entanglement; complication
2 dispute

Characters

to tangle; to correct

Examples

他们之间的纠葛越来越复杂。

Tāmen zhījiān de jiūgé yuèláiyuè fùzá.

The entanglements between them are getting more and more complicated.

这场法律纠葛持续了好几年。

Zhè chǎng fǎlǜ jiūgé chíxù le hǎo jǐ nián.

This legal dispute lasted for several years.

Tips

memory

纠 (to tangle) + 葛 (kudzu vine) — vines that tangle together, a metaphor for messy entanglements between people.

Stroke Order

纠 jiū

葛 gé