羊肠小道 — Chinese idiom

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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