纠缠

jiū chán · jiu chan

Traditional 糾纏

Meaning

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  1. to be in a tangle
  2. to nag

In a sentence

2 examples
01

为(wèi)什(shén)么(me)我(wǒ)们(men)纠(jiū)缠(chán)细(xì)枝(zhī)末(mò)节(jié)而(ér)不(bú)进(jìn)入(rù)正(zhèng)题(tí)呢(ne)?

Why don't we stop arguing over these piddling matters and get to the issues at hand?

Tatoeba: Chinese by verdastelo9604 · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

别(bié)再(zài)纠(jiū)缠(chán)这(zhè)些(xiē)小(xiǎo)事(shì)了(le),我(wǒ)们(men)还(hái)有(yǒu)更(gèng)重(zhòng)要(yào)的(de)事(shì)要(yào)做(zuò)。

Stop pestering about these trivial matters; we have more important things to do.

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