选择困难症

選擇困難症
xuǎnzékùnnánzhèng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 choice paralysis
  2. 2 difficulty making decisions
  3. 3 (lit.) choice-difficulty syndrome

Examples

HSK 4
Wǒ yǒu yánzhòng de xuǎnzékùnnánzhèng, lián nǎichá dōu diǎn bù chūlái.
I've got serious choice paralysis - I can't even decide on a bubble tea.
HSK 6
Xuǎnzékùnnánzhèng fàn le, nǐ bāng wǒ tiāo yí ge ba.
My choice paralysis is kicking in - just pick one for me.
HSK 6
Wàimài ruǎnjiàn cài tài duō, wǒ de xuǎnzékùnnánzhèng yòu yào bàofā le.
There are too many dishes on the delivery app - my choice paralysis is about to kick in again.

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Modern internet coinage styled as pseudo-medical - 症 means 'syndrome/disease,' but this isn't an actual clinical term. Use it half-jokingly in casual speech, texts, and social media, the way English speakers say 'I have FOMO' or 'decision fatigue.' Never in formal medical or academic writing.

Stroke Order

选 xuǎn
择 zé
困 kùn
难 nán
症 zhèng