盘根错节
Traditional form:
盤根錯節
Pinyin (reading):
pángēncuòjié
Definitions:
- twisted roots and intertwined joints (idiom); complicated and very tricky
- knotty and deeply-rooted difficulties
Characters:
- 盘 - tray, plate, dish; to examine
- 根 - root, basis, foundation
- 错 - error, mistake; incorrect, wrong
- 节 - festival; knot, joint; segment; to economize, to save
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