盤根錯節

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See also: 盘根错节

Chinese

dish; tray; to build
dish; tray; to build; to check; to examine; to transfer; (a measure word used for dishes of food or coils of wire); to coil
 
radical (chem.); root; basis
mistake; error; blunder
mistake; error; blunder; fault; cross; uneven; wrong
 
festival; section; segment
festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate
 
trad. (盤根錯節/槃根錯節) /
simp. (盘根错节)
alternative forms 蟠根錯節蟠根错节
Literally: “twisted roots and intertwined joints”.

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Idiom

盤根錯節

  1. great tangled root system; complicated affair; complicated and difficult to deal with