一言难尽

Traditional form:

一言難盡

Pinyin (reading):

yīyánnánjìn

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 言 - words, speech; to speak, to say
• 难 - hard, difficult, arduous; unable
• 尽 - to exhaust, to use up, to deplete

Traditional characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 言 - words, speech; to speak, to say
• 難 - hard, difficult, arduous; unable
• 盡 - to exhaust, to use up, to deplete