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蟠根错节

pán gēn cuò jié

4-character word Traditional 蟠根錯節

What 蟠根错节 means

1. variant of {盘根错节|pán gēn cuò jié}

The characters in 蟠根错节

• 蟠pánto coil
• 根gēnroot; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
• 错cuòmistake; wrong; bad
• 节jiéjoint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term…

Sounds the same

Read pán gēn cuò jié, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 盘根错节twisted roots and intertwined joints (idiom); complicated and very tricky…