棘手jíshǒuTop 15000Meanings1. thorny (problem)2. intractableCharacters used棘thorns手handExamples2情况qíngkuàng很hěn棘手jíshǒu。The situation is difficult.对于duìyú这个zhège棘手jíshǒu的de问题wèntí，无论wúlùn我wǒ尝试chángshì多少duōshao次cì，结果jiēguǒ都dōu会huì以失败告终yǐshībàigàozhōng。Regardless how many times I try to solve this nasty problem, I always end up failing.