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...



bitter,misery

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