to make insinuations; to take an indirect approach (in making inquiries) (idiom)
trad. 旁敲側擊
Also written 旁敲側擊【páng qiāo cè jī】
Characters in this word
4旁
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one side, other, different, lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂[dao1], 亻[ren2] etc)
- Pinyin
- páng
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 5433 of 2500
敲
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to hit, to strike, to tap, to rap, to knock, to rip sb off, to overcharge
- Pinyin
- qiāo
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 3486 of 2500
侧
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the side, to incline towards, to lean, inclined, lateral, side
- Pinyin
- cè
- Traditional
- 側
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 19479 of 2500
击
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to hit, to strike, to break, Taiwan pr. [ji2]
- Pinyin
- jī
- Traditional
- 擊
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 20721 of 2500