纠缠不清

糾纏不清

jiūchán-bùqīng

idiom

Meanings

HSK 2

别再跟他纠缠不清了。

Bié zài gēn tā jiūchán-bùqīng le.

Stop getting entangled with him.

HSK 6

这笔账纠缠不清，很难算清楚。

Zhèbǐ zhàng jiūchán-bùqīng, hěn nán suàn qīngchu.

These accounts are hopelessly tangled and hard to sort out.

memory

纠 (twisted rope) + 缠 (to wind around) + 不清 (can't clear up): three images of things wrapped in each other. Picture unwinding tangled headphone wires.

纠 jiū

缠 chán

不 bù

清 qīng