盘根错节

盘
盤
根
根
错
錯
节
節
twisted roots and intertwined joints (idiom); complicated and very tricky / knotty and deeply-rooted difficulties

Characters and words in 盘根错节

盘
盤
pán = p + an2
plate / dish / tray / board / hard drive (computing) / to build / to coil / to check / to examine / to transfer (property) / to make over / classifier for food: dish, helping / to coil / classifier for coils of wire / classifier for games of chess
盘 = 皿 + 舟 : Pinocchio (p) is working as kitchen helper for the crew of the yellow submarine (舟) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). On a tray (盘) he is carrying hundreds of shallow bowls (皿) of rice to the submarine.
根
ge̅n = g + (e)n1
root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings / CL:條|条[tiao2] / radical (chemistry)
根 = 木 + 艮 : Guy Fawkes hates Christmas, so he his especially annoyed when he sees a Christmas tree even in front of the encampment. He takes out his chewing gum, sticks it to the tree's star and pulls it as long as he can to see if he can beat his record. Afterwards he wants to wrap the Christmas tree with the chewing gum.
错
錯
cuò = cu + o4
surname Cuo
错
錯
cuò = cu + o4
mistake / wrong / bad / interlocking / complex / to grind / to polish / to alternate / to stagger / to miss / to let slip / to evade / to inlay with gold or silver
错 = 昔 + 钅 : Kitty Cat just finished polishing her golden harpoon in the observatory's bathroom, but afterwards she made the terrible mistake of dropping her milkshake on it. Now she'll have to polish it all over again.
节
節
jie̅ = ji + e1
see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]
节
節
jié = ji + e2
festival / holiday / node / joint / section / segment / part / to economize / to save / to abridge / moral integrity / classifier for segments, e.g. lessons, train wagons, biblical verses / CL:個|个[ge4]
节 = 卩 + 艹 : Joan of Arc and the baby seal spend their holiday just inside the elevator's kitchen. They are relaxing on artificial lawn camp beds all day.
节
節
jié = ji + e2
joint; node / (bound form) section; segment / solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) / seasonal festival / (bound form) to economize; to save / (bound form) moral integrity; chastity / classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc / knot (nautical miles per hour)

Words with 盘根错节

盘根错节 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 盘根错节

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