纠葛

糾葛

jiūgé

noun #18,377

Meanings

1 entanglement; complication
2 dispute

Characters

to tangle; to correct

Examples

HSK 4

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.

HSK 4

这场法律纠葛持续了好几年。

Zhè chǎng fǎlǜ jiūgé chíxù le hǎojǐ 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