created sense approved 蟠根错节/蟠根錯節 · pángēncuòjié · complicated and deeply rooted — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
蟠根错节 / 蟠根錯節
pángēncuòjié
complicated and deeply rooted
twisted roots and intertwined joints; used to describe a situation with complicated and deeply-rooted difficulties that are hard to resolve
蟠 (literal) → 蟠 · pán · gnarled 根 (literal) → 根 · gēn · root (botany, family) 错 (literal) → 错/錯 · cuò · to interlock 节 (literal) → 节/節 · jié · joint
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition