(idiom) to digress from the topic of discussion
trad. 顧左右而言他
Also written 顧左右而言他【gù zuǒ yòu ér yán tā】
Characters in this word
6顾
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surname Gu
- Pinyin
- Gù
- Traditional
- 顧
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 22654 of 2500
左
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surname Zuo
- Pinyin
- Zuǒ
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 2677 of 2500
右
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(bound form) right; right-hand side, (bound form) (politics) right of center, (bound form) (old) west, (literary) the right side as the side of precedence
- Pinyin
- yòu
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 2523 of 2500
而
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and, as well as, and so, but (not), yet (not), (indicates causal relation), (indicates change of state), (indicates contrast)
- Pinyin
- ér
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 131 of 2500
言
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words, speech, to say, to talk
- Pinyin
- yán
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 6821 of 2500
他
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(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his, (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
- Pinyin
- tā
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 7 of 2500