"Crux" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 关键 | guān jiàn | crucial point / crux / CL:個|个[ge4] / key / crucial / pivotal |   |
| 点子 | diǎn zi | spot / point / dot / speck / drop (of liquid) / droplet / point (of argument) / idea / crux / indication / pointer | |
| 基点 | jī diǎn | main point / crux / central point | |
| 牛鼻子 | niú bí zi | key point / crux / (old) Daoist (facetious) | |
| 眼 |  yǎn | eye / small hole / crux (of a matter) / CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1] / classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc) | |
| 南十字座 | Nán shí zì zuò | Crux (constellation) / Southern Cross | |
| 症结 | zhēng jié | hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine) / crux of an issue / main point in an argument / sticking point / deadlock in negotiations | |
