一言难尽 in English yi1 yan2 nan2 jin4 Meaning

Meanings

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

Simplified Characters

一 言 难 尽

Traditional Characters

一 言 難 盡

Pinyin

yi1 yan2 nan2 jin4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

一yi1one 言yan2words 难nan2difficult (to...) 尽jin3to the greatest extent