yī yán nán jìn
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  • slit's a long story (to tell); difficult to put in a nutshell; it is hard to explain in a few words

    • shuō lái huà cháng gè zhōng dǐ xì yī yán nán jìn

      说来话长个中底细一言难尽

      It would take too long to tell you that in full.

    • tā de xiàn zhuàng yī yán nán jìn

      现状一言难尽

      His actual condition was not to be expressed in a few words.

    • nà xiē bù néng shēng yù de zhǔn mā ma men de jué wàng shì yī yán nán jìn de

      那些不能生育妈妈绝望一言难尽

      The desperation of the infertile would-be mother knows no bounds.