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Open the tool →聱牙诘曲 (áo yá jié qū) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Abstruse and convoluted”.
聱牙诘曲 is pronounced áo yá jié qū in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 聱牙诘曲 means “harsh and convoluted”. It is used to mean “Abstruse and convoluted”.
聱牙:不顺口;诘曲:曲折。指文章读起来不顺口。