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Chinese
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to turn; to change direction; turn
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girdle; brassiere; to plaster girdle; brassiere; to plaster; play; to smear |
horn; angle; role horn; angle; role; actor; contend; horn-shaped; Chinese musical note |
| trad. (拐彎抹角)
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拐彎
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抹
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角
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| simp. (拐弯抹角)
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拐弯
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抹
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角
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Pronunciation
Idiom
拐彎抹角
- to twist and turn; to turn a corner here and there
- (figurative) to speak in a roundabout way; to beat around the bush; to equivocate
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
拐彎抹角 (“to speak in a roundabout way; to beat around the bush”)
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Location
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Words
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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拐彎抹角, 轉彎抹角, 兜圈子, 繞圈子, 繞彎子, 繞彎
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| Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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拐彎兒抹角兒, 轉彎兒抹角兒, 拐彎兒, 轉彎兒, 繞彎兒
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| Taiwan
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拐彎抹角
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| Singapore
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拐彎抹角
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| Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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拐彎兒抹角兒, 轉彎抹角
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| Cantonese
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Hong Kong
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轉彎抹角, 兜圈, 遊花園
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| Gan
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Lichuan
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拐彎抹角
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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彎來斡去, 踅玲瑯
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| Zhangzhou
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踅玲瑯
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| Tainan
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轉彎踅角, 彎來斡去, 彎彎斡斡, 踅玲瑯
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Antonyms
(to speak in a roundabout way):