一言難盡

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Chinese

one sentence; something to say; brief remark
disaster; distress; to scold
disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
 
to use up; to exhaust; to end
to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of something)
 
trad. (一言難盡) 一言
simp. (一言难尽) 一言

Pronunciation


Note: Tone sandhi within chengyu often vary from person to person..

Idiom

一言難盡

  1. (of complicated matters) to be hard to explain in a few words; there is a lot to say; it's a long story

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