jí​shǒu HSK7

thorny

棘手 jí​shǒu
thorny adjective
difficult to handle or manage; intractable (usually referring to a problem or situation)

This is a very thorny issue, and we need more time to deal with it.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
9.45 per million appears in 5% of films
Written text
3.71 per million

Details

HSK 3.0
Level 7

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT