羊肠小道 — Chinese idiom
羊肠小道
yáng cháng xiǎo dào
Traditional: 羊腸小道
Meaning
- road as twisty as sheep's intestine ; narrow and winding road
- fig. complicated and tricky job
Character by character
- 羊yángsheep, goat
- 肠chángintestines; emotions; sausage
- 小xiǎosmall, tiny, insignificant
- 道dàomethod, way; path, road
Idioms sharing a character
- 亡羊补牢 wáng yáng bǔ láo
- 杀猪宰羊 shā zhū zǎi yáng
- 牵羊担酒 qiān yáng dān jiǔ
- 羊入虎口 yáng rù hǔ kǒu
- 羊质虎皮 yáng zhì hǔ pí
- 顺手牵羊 shùn shǒu qiān yáng
- 互诉衷肠 hù sù zhōng cháng
- 小肚鸡肠 xiǎo dù jī cháng
- 愁肠百结 chóu cháng bǎi jié
- 搜索枯肠 sōu suǒ kū cháng
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