羊肠小道 yáng cháng xiǎo dào

narrow winding path; tricky, complex path

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 56676th word

Definitions

  1. 1. road as twisty as sheep's intestine (idiom); narrow and winding road
  2. 2. fig. complicated and tricky job

Characters

Character Meaning
羊 yáng HSK 2
sheep; goat; surname Yang
肠 cháng HSK 5
intestines; old variant of 腸cháng
小 xiǎo HSK 1
small; young; tiny
道 dào HSK 2
to say; to speak; to talk