旁敲侧击 (旁敲側擊)
páng qiāo cè jī
Pinyin

Definition

旁敲侧击 (旁敲側擊)
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páng qiāo cè jī
  1. to make insinuations
  2. to take an indirect approach (in making inquiries) (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

敲门
qiāo mén
  1. 1 to knock on a door
旁
páng
  1. 1 beside
  2. 2 one side
  3. 3 other
  4. 4 side
  5. 5 self
  6. 6 the right-hand side of split Chinese character, often the phonetic
旁边
páng biān
  1. 1 lateral
  2. 2 side
  3. 3 to the side
  4. 4 beside
一旁
yī páng
  1. 1 aside
  2. 2 to the side of
推敲
tuī qiāo
  1. 1 to think over

Idioms (11)

拱手旁观
gǒng shǒu páng guān
  1. 1 to watch from the sidelines and do nothing (idiom)
敲诈勒索
qiāo zhà lè suǒ
  1. 1 extortion and blackmail (idiom)
敲钉钻脚
qiāo dīng zuān jiǎo
  1. 1 to make doubly sure (idiom)
敲门砖
qiāo mén zhuān
  1. 1 lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient
  2. 2 to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune
旁敲侧击
páng qiāo cè jī
  1. 1 to make insinuations
  2. 2 to take an indirect approach (in making inquiries) (idiom)

Sample Sentences

是啊。要求婚，没钻戒怎么行？我女朋友深受广告毒害，成天旁敲侧击地提醒我。
shì a 。yào qiúhūn ，méi zuànjiè zěnme xíng ？wǒ nǚpéngyou shēnshòu guǎnggào dúhài ，chéngtiān pángqiāocèjī de tíxǐng wǒ 。
Yeah. How can you propose if you don't have a diamond ring? My girlfriend has been profoundly affected by the evils of advertising. She's constantly dropping hints and prodding me.
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