盤根錯節
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See also: 盘根错节
Chinese[edit]
dish; tray; to build dish; tray; to build; to check; to examine; to transfer; (a measure word used for dishes of food or coils of wire); to coil |
radical (chem.); root; basis | mistake; error; blunder mistake; error; blunder; fault; cross; uneven; wrong |
festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate | ||
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trad. (盤根錯節/槃根錯節) | 盤/槃 | 根 | 錯 | 節 | |
simp. (盘根错节) | 盘 | 根 | 错 | 节 | |
alternative forms | 蟠根錯節/蟠根错节 | ||||
Literally: “twisted roots and intertwined joints”. |
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
盤根錯節
- great tangled root system; complicated affair; complicated and difficult to deal with