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纠缠

jiū chán · jiu chan

Traditional 糾纏

HSK 7–9

Meaning

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  1. to be in a tangle
  2. to nag
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The phone case seller

  1. Dengdeng

    那个(nàge)人(rén)一直(yīzhí)纠缠(jiūchán)我(wǒ)，要(yào)我(wǒ)买(mǎi)手机壳(shǒujīké)。

    That man kept pestering me to buy a phone case.

  2. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)买(mǎi)了(le)吗(ma)？

    Did you buy one?

  3. Dengdeng

    没买(méimǎi)，我(wǒ)说(shuō)了(le)三次(sāncì)不要(bùyào)，他(tā)还是(háishi)纠缠(jiūchán)我(wǒ)。

    No. I said no three times and he still pestered me.

  4. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)应该(yīnggāi)笑(xiào)着(zhe)说(shuō)谢谢(xièxie)，不用(bùyòng)，然后(ránhòu)快(kuài)走(zǒu)。

    Smile, say thank you, no need, and walk away fast.

  5. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)笑(xiào)了(le)，他(tā)以为(yǐwéi)我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)买(mǎi)，更(gèng)纠缠(jiūchán)了(le)。

    I smiled, and he thought I wanted one, so he pestered me more.

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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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