shuō​lái​huà​cháng

long story

说来话长 (說來話長) shuō​lái​huà​cháng
long story expression
it's a long story; complicated and not easy to express succinctly

It's a long story; let's find a place to sit down and talk about it properly.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
9.72 per million appears in 5% of films
Written text
0.349 per million

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