lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom); fig. to speak in a roundabout way; to equivocate; to beat about the bush
trad. 拐彎抹角
Also written 拐彎抹角【guǎi wān mò jiǎo】
Characters in this word
4拐
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to turn (a corner etc), to kidnap, to swindle, to misappropriate, seven (used as a substitute for 七[qi1]), variant of 枴|拐[guai3]
- Pinyin
- guǎi
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 14247 of 2500
弯
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to bend, bent, a bend; a turn (in a road etc), CL:道[dao4]
- Pinyin
- wān
- Traditional
- 彎
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 9631 of 2500
抹
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to wipe
- Pinyin
- mā
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 5256 of 2500
角
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surname Jue
- Pinyin
- Jué
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 8407 of 2500