一言難盡

Chinese

		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)
trad. (一言難盡)		一言	難	盡
simp. (一言难尽)		一言	难	尽

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīyánnánjìn [Phonetic: yìyánnánjìn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄧㄢˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yiyánnánjìn
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-yen²-nan²-chin⁴
  - Yale: yī-yán-nán-jìn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iyannanjinn
  - Palladius: ияньнаньцзинь (ijanʹnanʹczinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ jɛn³⁵ nän³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ jin⁴ naan⁴ zeon⁶
  - Yale: yāt yìhn nàahn jeuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ jin⁴ naan⁴ dzoen⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ yin⁴ nan⁴ zên⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹ naːn²¹ t͡sɵn²²/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wugniu: ⁷iq-yi ⁶ne-zhin
  - Wiktionary Romanisation: ⁴iq-hhi ³ne-xxin
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɪʔ³³ ɦi⁴⁴ ne²² ʑin⁴⁴/

Note: Tone sandhi within chengyu often vary from person to person..

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

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