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关键 guān jiàn

HSK 4 word · traditional 關鍵

Meanings

• crucial point
• crux
• key
• crucial
• pivotal

Characters

• 关 guān: mountain pass
• 键 jiàn: key (on a piano or computer keyboard)

Example sentences

这正是问题的关键。
That's the point.
Tatoeba #336602 by fucongcong (CC BY 2.0 FR)

关键不在穿什么，而是怎么穿。
It's not what you wear, it's how you wear it.
Tatoeba #347586 by zhouj1955 (CC BY 2.0 FR)

这是一个关键点。
This is a crucial point.
Tatoeba #8550380 by slo_oth (CC BY 2.0 FR)

Meanings and readings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).