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Inevitably the transition will yield some sticky moments.
The economy still faces intractable problems.

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Open the tool →棘手 (jí shǒu) means “Difficult to handle; troublesome”.
棘手 is pronounced jí shǒu in Mandarin Chinese.
“Difficult to handle; troublesome.” is 棘手 (jí shǒu) in Chinese.
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