一言难尽
一言难尽
yī yán nán jìn
hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
idiom
Traditional: 一言難盡
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- (idiom) hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
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Related Words
说来话长(shuō lái huà cháng)— start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
→深入浅出(shēn rù qiǎn chū)— to explain a complicated subject matter in simple terms (idiom)
→千军易得，一将难求(qiān jūn yì dé , yī jiàng nán qiú)— Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)
→奢易俭难(shē yì jiǎn nán)— easy to become accustomed to luxury, hard to become accustomed to frugality (idiom)
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