"Tangle" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 缠 |  chán | to wind around / to wrap round / to coil / tangle / to involve / to bother / to annoy |   |
| 纠缠 | jiū chán | to be in a tangle / to nag | |
| 葛藤 | gé téng | tangle of vines / fig. complications | |
| 扭结 | niǔ jié | to tangle up / to twist together / to wind | |
| 缠刺网 | chán cì wǎng | tangle net | |
| 治丝益棼 | zhì sī yì fén | lit. try to straighten out silk threads only to tangle them further (idiom) / fig. to try to help but end up making things worse | |
