说来话长 in English shuo1 lai2 hua4 chang2 Meaning

Meanings

  • start explaining and it's a long story (idiomatic expression); complicated and not easy to express succinctly

Simplified Characters

说 来 话 长

Traditional Characters

說 來 話 長

Pinyin

shuo1 lai2 hua4 chang2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

说shuo1to persuade 来lai2to come 话hua4dialect 长zhang3length