pán​gēn​cuò​jié

complicated

盘根错节 (盤根錯節) pán​gēn​cuò​jié
complicated expression
knotty and deeply-rooted difficulties or complex social relations
intertwined roots expression
twisted roots and intertwined joints

Frequency

Written text
0.392 per million

Cross-References

Has variant

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)