千头万绪 / 千頭萬緒

qiān​tóu​wàn​xù

extremely complicated

multitude of loose ends; a plethora of things to tackle; chaotic or very complicated

千 (literal) → 千 · qiān · many 头 (literal) → 头/頭 · tóu · top 万 (literal) → 万/萬 · wàn · countless 绪 (literal) → 绪/緒 · xù · beginnings

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

created sense May 20, 2026, 07:57 PM