说来话长
说来话长
shuō lái huà cháng
start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
idiom
Traditional: 說來話長
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- (idiom) start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
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Related Words
一言难尽(yī yán nán jìn)— hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
→一部二十四史，不知从何说起(yī bù èr shí sì shǐ , bù zhī cóng hé shuō qǐ)— It's a long and intricate story, I hardly know where to start.
→二十四史(Èr shí sì Shǐ)— the Twenty-Four Histories (25 or 26 in modern editions), collection of books on Chinese dynastic history from 3000 BC till 17th century
→一炮打响(yī pào dǎ xiǎng)— to win instant success (idiom)
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