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拐彎抹角 (gwaai2 waan1 mut3 gok3) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

拐彎抹角 (gwaai2 waan1 mut3 gok3, guǎi wān mò jiǎo) — lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom); fig. to speak in a roundabout way; to equivocate; to beat about the bush

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 拐子佬 (gwaai2 zi2 lou2) — a kidnapper; an abductor
• 拐走 (gwaai2 zau2) — to kidnap
• 拐 (gwaai2) — to turn (a corner etc); to kidnap; to swindle; to misappropriate; walking stick…
• 拐子 (gwaai2 zi2) — crutch; (derog.) lame person; kidnapper
• 拐彎 (gwaai2 waan1) — to go round a curve; to turn a corner; fig. a new direction
• 拐彎兒 (gwaai2 waan1 ji4) — erhua variant of 拐彎|拐弯[guai3 wan1]

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