僵 jiāng
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 畺 boundary, border
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
僵局
jiāngjú
deadlock; stalemate
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Example phrases
- 多轮会谈未能打破僵局，双方都在等待对方先释放善意。 Duō lún huìtán wèi néng dǎpò jiāngjú, shuāngfāng dōu zài děngdài duìfāng xiān shìfàng shànyì. Several rounds of talks failed to break the deadlock, and both sides were waiting for the other to show goodwill first.
- 两个人谁也不让步，谈话陷入了僵局。 Liǎng ge rén shéi yě bú ràngbù, tánhuà xiànrù le jiāngjú. Neither of them gave way, and the conversation fell into a stalemate.
- 一句玩笑话打破了会议室里的僵局。 Yí jù wánxiào huà dǎpò le huìyìshì lǐ de jiāngjú. A joke broke the deadlock in the meeting room.
Related words
- 僵 jiāng stiff; deadlocked
- 僵化 jiānghuà to become rigid; to ossify
- 僵硬 jiāngyìng stiff; rigid
- 局 jú office; bureau
- 邮局 yóujú post office
- 局面 júmiàn situation
- 局长 júzhǎng bureau chief
- 局限 júxiàn to limit, to restrict
- 布局 bùjú layout; to arrange strategically
- 出局 chūjú to be eliminated; to be out
- 大局 dàjú overall situation; the big picture
- 格局 géjú pattern; layout; scope; vision