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We’re sharing free Chinese learning content with you. Idioms and proverbs, full of meaning, are explored in this series. Today, we present 「說來話長」.

Today’s spotlight is on the Chinese idiom 「說來話長」. You’ll find its explanation and usage below.

It means that things are very complicated and cannot be explained in a few words (mostly referring to unpleasant things).

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shuō lái huà zhǎng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

syut3 loi4 wa6 cheung4/jeung2

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