羊腸小道 yáng cháng xiǎo dào

narrow winding path; tricky, complex way

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

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
腸 cháng
intestines; old variant of 腸cháng
小 xiǎo HSK 1
small; young; tiny
道 dào HSK 2
to say; to speak; to talk