jié

knot, tie; join, connect

DEFINITIONS

結 jié
  • knot
  • sturdy
  • bond
  • to tie
  • to bind
  • to check out (of a hotel)
結 jiē
  • (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds)
  • Taiwan pr. [jie2]

WORDS

qíng jié complex (psychology)
愁腸百 chóu cháng bǎi jié hundred knots of worry in one's intestines (idiom); weighed down with anxiety
憑軾轍 píng shì jié zhé to drive non-stop as fast as one can (idiom)
戀母情 liàn mǔ qíng jié Oedipus complex
戀父情 liàn fù qíng jié Electra complex
戀舊情 liàn jiù qíng jié dwelling on the past; difficulty in adapting to changes
成群隊 chéng qún jié duì making up a group, forming a troupe (idiom); in large numbers; as a large crowd
dǎ jié to tie a knot; to tie
niǔ jié to tangle up; to twist together; to wind
抗震構 kàng zhèn jié gòu earthquake-resistant construction
拓撲構 tuò pū jié gòu topological structure
攀高貴 pān gāo jié guì lit. to cling to the high, connect to the rich (idiom); to try to attach oneself to the rich and powerful; social climbing
晶體構 jīng tǐ jié gòu crystal structure
束 wèi jié shù unfinished; unresolved
bǎn jié soil crusting
構 hé jié gòu nuclear structure
桃園三義 táo yuán sān jié yì Oath of the Peach Garden, sworn by Liu Bei 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4], Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞[Zhang1 Fei1] and Guan Yu 關羽|关羽[Guan1 Yu3] at the start of the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]
桃園義 táo yuán jié yì to make a pact of brotherhood (from “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]) (idiom)
腸 héng jié cháng transverse colon (anatomy); second section of large intestine
歸根底 guī gēn jié dǐ in the final analysis; ultimately
歸根柢 guī gēn jié dǐ variant of 歸根結底|归根结底[gui1 gen1 jie2 di3]
歸根蒂 guī gēn jié dì ultimately; in the final analysis; after all; when all is said and done
guī jié to sum up; to conclude; in a nutshell; the end (of a story)
sǐ jié tight knot; intractable problem
難解 sǐ jié nán jiě enigmatic knot hard to untie (idiom); thorny problem; intractable difficulty