盤根錯節

See also: 盘根错节

Chinese

		dish; tray; to build dish; tray; to build; to check; to examine; to transfer; (a measure word used for dishes of food or coils of wire); to coil	radical (chem.); root; basis	mistake; error; blunder mistake; error; blunder; fault; cross; uneven; wrong	festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate
trad. (盤根錯節/槃根錯節)		盤/槃	根	錯	節
simp. (盘根错节)		盘	根	错	节
alternative forms		蟠根錯節／蟠根错节
Literally: “twisted roots and intertwined joints”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pángēncuòjié

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄢˊ ㄍㄣ ㄘㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pun⁴ gan¹ cok³ zit³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pángēncuòjié
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄢˊ ㄍㄣ ㄘㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pángencuòjié
    • Wade–Giles: pʻan²-kên¹-tsʻo⁴-chieh²
    • Yale: pán-gēn-tswò-jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: parngentsuohjye
    • Palladius: паньгэньцоцзе (panʹgɛnʹcocze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰän³⁵ kən⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pun⁴ gan¹ cok³ zit³
    • Yale: pùhn gān chok jit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pun⁴ gan¹ tsok⁸ dzit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: pun⁴ gen¹ cog³ jid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuːn²¹ kɐn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːk̚³ t͡siːt̚³/

Idiom

盤根錯節

1. great tangled root system; complicated affair; complicated and difficult to deal with