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  1. to wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around; to spiral; to move around; to go round (an obstacle); to by-pass; to make a detour; to confuse; to perplex

    trad. 繞

Also written 繞【rào】

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绕过rào guò

to detour; to bypass; to circumvent; to avoid; to wind around (of a road etc)

绕道rào dào

to go by a roundabout route; to take a detour; (medicine or civil engineering) bypass

绕圈子rào quān zi

to go around in circles; to make a detour; (fig.) to beat about the bush

绕路rào lù

to make a detour; to take the long route

绕行rào xíng

to take a circular (or circuitous) route; to do a circuit; (of a planet) to orbit; (of a sailor) to circumnavigate; to take a detour; to bypass

绕嘴rào zuǐ

hard to get one's mouth around; a tongue-twister

绕地rào dì

to orbit the Earth

绕射rào shè

(physics) to diffract

绕弯rào wān

to go for a walk around; fig. to speak in a roundabout way

绕手rào shǒu

thorny issue; tricky case

绕流rào liú

turbulence (in fluid mechanics)

绕组rào zǔ

coil (in electric motor or transformer)

绕绕rào rào

twisting and turning; involved and tricky

绕腾rào teng

to run a long way around; fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point; to beat about the bush

绕膝rào xī

(children) run around parent's knees; fig. to stay to look after one's elderly parents

绕一圈rào yī quān

to go around one time; to do a circuit

绕口令rào kǒu lìng

tongue-twister

绕弯儿rào wān r

to go for a walk around; (fig.) to speak in a roundabout way

绕弯子rào wān zi

lit. to go on a long detour; fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point; to beat about the bush

绕脖子rào bó zi

tricky; involved; to beat about the bush

绕远儿rào yuǎn r

to go the long way round; to take a circuitous route; (of a route) circuitous

绕弯子儿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

绕来绕去rào lái rào qù

meandering and circuitous (idiom); to go around in circles and never get anywhere

绕梁三日rào liáng sān rì

reverberates around the rafters for three days (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)

绕膝承欢rào xī chéng huān

to live with one's parents, thus bringing them happiness (idiom)