(adj) highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; - Sir Walter Scott, Syn. convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous, Example:the Byzantine tax structure; Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship; convoluted legal language; convoluted reasoning; the plot was too involved; a knotty problem; got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering; Oh, what a tangled web we weave; tortuous legal procedures; tortuous negotiations lasting for months
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
[拔毛连茹 / 拔毛連茹, bá máo lián rúㄅㄚˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄖㄨˊ] lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (成语 saw); fig. also involving others; inextricably tangled together; Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
[拔茅茹, bá máo rúㄅㄚˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄖㄨˊ] lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow; fig. also involving others; inextricably tangled together; Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
[拔茅连茹 / 拔茅連茹, bá máo lián rúㄅㄚˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄖㄨˊ] lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (成语 saw);fig. also involving others; inextricably tangled together; Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.