一言難盡
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Chinese[edit]
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 sth) | ||
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trad. (一言難盡) | 一言 | 難 | 盡 | |
simp. (一言难尽) | 一言 | 难 | 尽 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
一言難盡
- (of complicated matters) to be hard to explain in a few words; there is a lot to say; it's a long story
Synonyms[edit]
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