jié​qū'áo​yá

tongue-twisting

  • created reference approved 诘屈聱牙/詰屈聱牙 → 佶屈聱牙 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    诘屈聱牙 / 詰屈聱牙 jié​qū'áo​yá

    佶屈聱牙 jí​qū'áo​yá

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 诘屈聱牙/詰屈聱牙 → 琅琅上口 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    诘屈聱牙 / 詰屈聱牙 jié​qū'áo​yá

    琅琅上口 láng​láng​shàng​kǒu

    antonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 诘屈聱牙/詰屈聱牙 → 出口成章 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    诘屈聱牙 / 詰屈聱牙 jié​qū'áo​yá

    出口成章 chū​kǒu​chéng​zhāng

    antonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 诘屈聱牙/詰屈聱牙 · jié​qū'áo​yá · tongue-twisting — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    诘屈聱牙 / 詰屈聱牙

    jié​qū'áo​yá

    tongue-twisting

    describes writing that is difficult to read aloud or hard to understand because the words are obscure and the phrasing is awkward

    jí​qū'áo​yá

    诘 (literal) → 诘/詰 · jí · bent 屈 (literal) → 屈 · qū · to bend 聱牙 (literal) → 聱牙 · áo​yá · hard to pronounce

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

    created sense