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kou3
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調
  1. it's difficult to please everyone (idiom)

Characters

  • 众 (眾): abbr. for 眾議院|众议院[Zhong4 yi4 yuan4], House of Representatives
  • 口 (口): mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls
  • 难 (難): difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
  • 调 (調): to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody

Resources

Examples

众口难调。

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