绕弯 (繞彎)
rào wān
Pinyin
Definition
绕弯 (繞彎)
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- to go for a walk around
- fig. to speak in a roundabout way
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to revolve around
- 2 to center on (an issue)
- 1 to bend
- 2 to curve around
- 3 curved
- 4 crooked
- 5 to wind
- 6 to warp
- 1 to surround
- 2 to circle
- 3 to revolve around
- 1 to wind
- 2 to coil (thread)
- 3 to rotate around
- 4 to spiral
- 5 to move around
- 6 to go round (an obstacle)
- 7 to by-pass
- 8 to make a detour
- 9 to confuse
- 10 to perplex
Idioms (7)
拐弯抹角
- 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
曲里拐弯
- 1 winding and turning (idiom)
绕来绕去
- 1 meandering and circuitous (idiom); to go around in circles and never get anywhere
绕梁三日
- 1 reverberates around the rafters for three days (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
绕膝承欢
- 1 to live with one's parents, thus bringing them happiness (idiom)