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繞彎子兒 (jiu5 waan1 zi2 ji4) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

繞彎子兒 (jiu5 waan1 zi2 ji4, rào wān zǐ r) — lit. to go on a long detour; fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point; to beat about the bush

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 繞 (jiu2) — to wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around; to spiral; to move around; to go r…
• 繞 (jiu5) — to wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around; to spiral; to move around; to go r…
• 繞一圈 (jiu5 jat1 hyun1) — to go around one time; to do a circuit
• 繞來繞去 (jiu5 loi4 jiu5 heoi3) — meandering and circuitous (idiom); to go around in circles and never get anywhe…
• 繞口令 (jiu5 hau2 ling6) — tongue-twister
• 繞嘴 (jiu5 zeoi2) — hard to get one's mouth around; a tongue-twister

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