一言难尽
yī​yán​nán​jìn

it's a long story

  • created sense approved 一言难尽/一言難盡 · yī​yán​nán​jìn · it's a long story — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一言难尽 / 一言難盡

    yī​yán​nán​jìn

    it's a long story

    (idiom) hard to explain in a few words; describes a situation that is complicated and difficult to express succinctly

    yì​yán​nán​jìn

    一言 (literal) → 一言 · yī​yán · one word 难 (literal) → 难/難 · nán · difficult 尽 (literal) → 尽/盡 · jìn · to use up

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense