一言难尽

yìyánnánjìn

it's hard to explain in a few words; it's a long story

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It is a long story.

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It is a long story.

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yi1 yan2 nan2 jin4

hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly

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一言难尽

yī yán nán jìn

It would take too long to tell that in full.; difficult to embody in a single sentence; difficult to put in a nutshell; hard to explain all in just a few words; impossible to be expressed in a few words; It's a long story (to tell).; It's hard to explain in a few words.; not to be expressed in a few words; That is a long, long story.; That would entail a long explanation.

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一言難盡|一言难尽 [yī yán nán jìn] ► hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly