<p><strong>活结</strong></p>
<p><em>Pleco Basic Chinese-English Dictionary</em></p>
<blockquote>
<p>knot that can be undone by a pull; slipknot (opp. 死结)</p>
<p>系了个活结<br />
xì le ge huójié<br />
make a slipknot</p>
</blockquote>
<hr />
<p><strong>活扣</strong></p>
<p><em>ABC</em></p>
<blockquote>
<p>slipknot; knot that can be easily untied</p>
</blockquote>

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2019-01-18T09:21:20.903Z
How about the word: 解结?
Mou某
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2019-01-24T18:55:28.397Z
Never heard that before, the two in your answer are the most common.
iBug
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Mou某
<p>I need to use the expression "detangling knot" (knot that unties). It's for a poem and I should write it with two kanji and no more... is it possible or is it better for me to use something like this <em>開結</em> (should be "untied/open knot")?</p>

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2019-01-18T08:19:56.927Z
It's not really "knot easy to untie", but more "knot that unties another knot" (I know, it sounds absurd). If it's too strange (or too long) to translate I can change the sense replacing it with "untied knot" in the meaning of "knot already untied".
new_user17
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2019-01-18T09:34:29.277Z
*kanji*? You might be on the wrong SE. Try japanese.stackexchange.com
dROOOze
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2019-01-18T23:35:03.313Z
"knot that unties another knot" is not logical. People use hands to untie knot. A knot cannot untie another knot.
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How to translate "detangling knot" or "knot that unties"?
# How to translate "detangling knot" or "knot that unties"?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-01-18)

I need to use the expression "detangling knot" (knot that unties). It's for a poem and I should write it with two kanji and no more... is it possible or is it better for me to use something like this *開結* (should be "untied/open knot")?

**Tags:** translation, characters, transliteration

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: It's not really "knot easy to untie", but more "knot that unties another knot" (I know, it sounds absurd). If it's too strange (or too long) to translate I can change the sense replacing it with "untied knot" in the meaning of "knot already untied".  
> **username_1**: *kanji*? You might be on the wrong SE. Try japanese.stackexchange.com  
> **username_2**: "knot that unties another knot" is not logical. People use hands to untie knot. A knot cannot untie another knot.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2019-01-18. Score: 1

**活结**

*Pleco Basic Chinese-English Dictionary*

> knot that can be undone by a pull; slipknot (opp. 死结)
>
> 系了个活结  
> xì le ge huójié  
> make a slipknot

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**活扣**

*ABC*

> slipknot; knot that can be easily untied

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: How about the word: 解结?  
> **username_4**: Never heard that before, the two in your answer are the most common.  

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