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Open the tool →根牙磐错 (gēn yá pán cuò) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to describe something as very intricate, complex, and difficult to resolve, often due to many interconnected factors; intricate and thorny”.
根牙磐错 is pronounced gēn yá pán cuò in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 根牙磐错 means “Tangled roots and intertwined branches”. It is used to mean “to describe something as very intricate, complex, and difficult to resolve, often due to many interconnected factors; intricate and thorny”.
犹言盘根错节。比喻事情纷难复杂。