盘根错节 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 盤根錯節 pángēncuòjié ㄆㄢˊ ㄍㄣ ㄘㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ twisted roots and intertwined joints (idiom) complicated and very tricky knotty and deeply-rooted difficulties Character by character 盘(pán)tray 根(gēn)root 错(cuò)surname Cuo 节(jié)joint A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0