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一言难尽		Traditional Chinese
一言難盡
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
yī yán nán jǐn /yī yán nán jìn		Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
yat1 yin4 naan4 jeun6
Short definition it's a long story
Usage frequency Somewhat infrequent
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All available English definitions hard to explain in a few words (idiom)MDBG icon / complicated and not easy to express succinctlyMDBG icon / it's a long storyAdso icon /
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso: it's a long story
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: samemdbg
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
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Copyleft icon Cdict icon CDict: '
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