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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Learn Chinese Idiom - It's a long story 一言难尽 (yì yán nán jìn)
yì yán nán jìn
一 言 难 尽
It would take too long to tell that in full.; difficult to embody in a single sentence; difficult to put in a nutshell; hard to explain all in just a few words; impossible to be expressed in a few words; It's a long story (to tell).; It's hard to explain in a few words.; not to be expressed in a few words; That is a long, long story.; That would entail a long explanation.
For instance
1.
xiǎo mínɡ : bà bɑ , shuō shuō nǐ shì zěn me yànɡ ɡēn mā mɑ zǒu zài yì qǐ de ?
小 明 : 爸 爸 , 说 说 你 是 怎 么 样 跟 妈 妈 走 在 一 起 的 ?
Xiaoming:Dad,tell me how did Mom and you go together?
xiǎo mínɡ de bà bɑ : ò , zhè ɡe shuō lái huà chánɡ le , yì yán nán jìn 。
小 明 的 爸 爸 : 哦 , 这 个 说 来 话 长 了 , 一 言 难 尽 。
Xiaoming's Dad:Ah,it would take too long to tell that in full,it's a long story.
zǒu zài yì qǐ
走 在 一 起
going together
2.
yì yán nán jìn wǒ xīn zhōnɡ dì kǔ 。
一 言 难 尽 我 心 中 的 苦 。
It's difficult to explain the misery in my heart.
。 。 。 zhōnɡ
。 。 。 中
in...
kǔ
苦
bitter,misery
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