meandering and circuitous (idiom); complicated developments that never get anywhere; going around in circles
Characters in this word
4迂
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literal-minded, pedantic, doctrinaire, longwinded, circuitous
- Pinyin
- yū
- Strokes
- 6
回
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Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)
- Pinyin
- Huí
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 471 of 2500
曲
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surname Qu
- Pinyin
- Qū
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 15333 of 2500
折
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to snap, to break (a stick, a bone etc), (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
- Pinyin
- shé
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 13237 of 2500