瓶颈 (píng jǐng) — (literal) neck of a bottle; (figurative) bottleneck, obstacle that hinders progress
Definition
Literal 'neck of a bottle'; figuratively, a bottleneck — a point in a process that limits overall progress. Compared with 咽喉, 瓶颈 is more concrete and used for technical or operational obstacles.
noun
(literal) neck of a bottle(figurative) bottleneckobstacle that hinders progress
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 瓶颈。Zhè ge píng zi de píng jǐng hěn zhǎi.The neck of this bottle is very narrow.
- 瓶颈。Gōng sī de yè wù zēng zhǎng yù dào le píng jǐng.The company's business growth has hit a bottleneck.
- 瓶颈。Wǒ men yào xiǎng bàn fǎ tū pò jì shù píng jǐng.We need to find a way to break through the technical bottleneck.
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