有口難分

Chinese

		to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)
trad. (有口難分)		有	口	難	分
simp. (有口难分)		有	口	难	分

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒukǒunánfēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄈㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒukǒunánfēn [Phonetic: yóukǒunánfēn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄈㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒukǒunánfen
    • Wade–Giles: yu³-kʻou³-nan²-fên¹
    • Yale: yǒu-kǒu-nán-fēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeoukoounanfen
    • Palladius: юкоунаньфэнь (jukounanʹfɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵ fən⁵⁵/

Idiom

有口難分

1. to find it hard to vindicate oneself

Synonyms

• 有口難辯／有口难辩 (yǒukǒunánbiàn)
• 有口莫辯／有口莫辩 (yǒukǒumòbiàn)