khó gỡ
Definition
- Adjective:
- Difficult to untangle, difficult to resolve: Describes a situation, problem, or knot that is very complicated, entangled, or hard to solve or separate.
- Sticky, thorny: Refers to a complex issue that is not easy to handle or find a way out of.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Đây là một vấn đề khó gỡ. (This is a thorny problem.)
- Mối quan hệ của họ đang rất khó gỡ. (Their relationship is in a very tangled state.)
- Cái nút thắt này khó gỡ quá. (This knot is too difficult to untie.)
Advanced Usage
- "rơi vào thế khó gỡ": to be/get into a tight spot, a difficult situation.
- Công ty đang rơi vào thế khó gỡ về tài chính. (The company is in a tight financial spot.)
Variants and Related Words
- Gỡ (verb): to untangle, to undo, to solve (a problem).
- Gỡ bỏ (verb): to remove, to take down.
- Gỡ rối (verb): to untangle a mess, to troubleshoot.
- Phức tạp (adj): complex, complicated (a close synonym in many contexts).
- Rối rắm (adj): tangled, messy, complicated.
Synonyms
- Phức tạp: complex, complicated.
- Rắc rối: troublesome, knotty.
- Nan giải: insoluble, hard to solve.
Related Idioms
- "Gỡ thế bí": to find a way out of a deadlock/impasse.
- Anh ấy đang cố gỡ thế bí cho công ty. (He is trying to find a way out of the impasse for the company.)
- "Gỡ nút thắt": to untie a knot, to resolve a critical problem.
- Hội nghị nhằm gỡ nút thắt cho cuộc đàm phán. (The conference aims to untie the knot in the negotiations.)