一言难尽(yī yán nán jìn): hard to explain in a few words (idiom)
4 charactersTrad. 一言難盡
hard to explain in a few words (idiom)
Character breakdown
4 characters · plays one at a time
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Word information
- Pinyin
- yī yán nán jìn
- Meaning
- hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- 一言難盡
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