yáng cháng xiǎo dàodictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
road as twisty as sheep's intestine (idiom); narrow and winding road / fig. complicated and tricky job
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Original source entry:

羊腸小道 羊肠小道 [yang2 chang2 xiao3 dao4] /road as twisty as sheep's intestine (idiom); narrow and winding road/fig. complicated and tricky job/

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羊肠小道
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