Word information
Simplified闹僵
Traditional鬧僵
Pinyinnào jiāng
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Chinese word dictionary
闹僵
nào jiāng · (of a relationship or situation) to become strained and tense
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热闹rènao
bustling with noise and excitement; lively
闹nàonoisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke; variant of 鬧|闹[nao4]
闹钟nàozhōngalarm clock
胡闹húnàoto act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble
僵jiāngrigid; deadlock; stiff (corpse); variant of 僵[jiang1]
僵化jiānghuàto become rigid