关键

關鍵traditional

HSK 4#1131 by frequencyradical 丷

guān jiàn["n","a"]

key; crucial; crucial point; crux; pivotal

Measure word: 个

Examples

这是一个关键点。

This is a crucial point.

这正是问题的关键。

That's the point.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.