癥結
simp症结zing1 git3zhēng jié
English
- hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine)
- crux of an issue
- main point in an argument
- sticking point
- deadlock in negotiations
- crucial reason; crux
粵語 — Cantonese
- 問題最核心嘅原因(量詞:個)
Examples
外債係呢個國家經濟問題嘅癥結。
The crux of the country's economic problems is its foreign debt.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk