繁琐 (fán suǒ) — tediously complicated; bogged down in trivial details

Definition

Examples

• 这些手续太繁琐了，让人头疼。
  Zhè xiē shǒu xù tài fán suǒ le, ràng rén tóu téng.
  These procedures are too tedious, giving people a headache.
• 他花了很多时间处理繁琐的文件。
  Tā huā le hěn duō shí jiān chǔ lǐ fán suǒ de wén jiàn.
  He spent a lot of time dealing with tedious documents.
• 这个表格填写起来非常繁琐。
  Zhè ge biǎo gé tián xiě qǐ lái fēi cháng fán suǒ.
  Filling out this form is extremely tedious.

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