Meaning of shuō lái huà cháng:

shuō lái huà cháng

说来话长

Idiom

start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly

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Wǒ xiǎng wèi zuótiān wǎnshàng de shìqíng jiěshì, dàn shuō lái huà cháng.

我想为昨天晚上的事情解释，但说来话长。

I want to explain what happened last night, but it's a long story.