1 leading role

2 lead

1 surname Jue

1 angle

2 point of view

1 role

2 character in a novel

3 persona

4 also pr. [jiǎo sè]

1 nook

2 corner

1 lit. to first show one's horns (idiom); fig. a first show of emerging talent

2 first sign of emerging talent

3 budding genius

1 to fight and scheme against each other (idiom)

2 (in palace construction) elaborate and refined

1 to reveal outstanding talent (idiom); to stand out as conspicuously brilliant

1 lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom)

2 fig. to speak in a roundabout way

3 to equivocate

4 to beat about the bush

1 lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom)

2 fig. to be diligent in one's studies