Characters

• 一 (一): one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
• 言 (言): words; speech; to say; to talk
• 难 (難): difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
• 尽 (儘): to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to

Resources

• Wiktionary: 一言难尽
• MDBG: 一言难尽
• Examples with 一言难尽 on Tatoeba

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