chán shǒu
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  • 1

    adj.difficult to free one's hands from something; tie down

    • tā zuān jìn le chán shǒu de jīng jí cóng

      钻进缠手荆棘

      He flung himself into the tangle of undergrowth.

  • 2

    adj.metahard to deal with; (of a matter) be troublesome; (of an illness) be hard to cure

    • měi yī gè rén de xiǎng fǎ bù yī zhì shì qing kàn lái yǒu xiē chán shǒu

      想法一致事情看来有些缠手

      Everyone has his or her own opinions. It looks like it is going to be troublesome.

    • zhè ge àn zi yǒu xiē chán shǒu

      这个案子有些缠手

      The case was quite hard to deal with.

    • wèn tí chán shǒu

      问题缠手

      thorny problems