lit. to go on a long detour; fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point; to beat about the bush
trad. 繞彎子兒
Also written 繞彎子兒【rào wān zǐ r】
Characters in this word
4绕
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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
- Pinyin
- rào
- Traditional
- 繞
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 5718 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
子
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son, child, seed, egg, small thing, 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat, viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4], ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north), subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
- Pinyin
- zǐ
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 2170 of 2500
儿
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child, son
- Pinyin
- ér
- Traditional
- 兒
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 3200 of 2500