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膠著

简胶着 · 繁膠著

Mandarin · pinyin jiāo zhuó

to stick onto
stalemate
gridlock
to agglutinate

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著: zhù · zhe · manifest; (Cant.) to wear
胶: jiāo · glue, gum, resin, rubber; sound; shin bone
着: zhe · make move, take action

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1–2 · jiao1 zhuo2

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verb

to stick onto
(figuratively) to reach a deadlock; to be deadlocked; to be at a stalemate

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