绕弯儿
rào wān r5
Pinyin

Definition

绕弯儿
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rào wān r5
  1. to go for a walk around
  2. fig. to speak in a roundabout way

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一会儿
yī huì r5
  1. 1 a moment
  2. 2 a while
  3. 3 in a moment
  4. 4 now...now...
  5. 5 also pr. [yī huǐ r5]
事儿
shì r5
  1. 1 one's employment
  2. 2 business
  3. 3 matter that needs to be settled
  4. 4 (northern dialect) (of a person) demanding
  5. 5 trying
  6. 6 troublesome
  7. 7 erhua variant of 事[shì]
  8. 8 CL:件[jiàn],樁|桩[zhuāng]
人儿
rén r5
  1. 1 figurine
今儿
jīn r5
  1. 1 (coll.) today
儿
ér
  1. 1 child
  2. 2 son
儿女
ér nu:3
  1. 1 children
  2. 2 sons and daughters
儿媳妇
ér xí fu
  1. 1 daughter-in-law
儿子
ér zi
  1. 1 son
儿时
ér shí
  1. 1 childhood
儿童
ér tóng
  1. 1 child
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
劲儿
jìn r5
  1. 1 erhua variant of 勁|劲[jìn]
味儿
wèi r5
  1. 1 taste
哪儿
nǎ r5
  1. 1 where?
  2. 2 wherever
  3. 3 anywhere
围绕
wéi rào
  1. 1 to revolve around
  2. 2 to center on (an issue)
女儿
nu:3 ér
  1. 1 daughter
婴儿
yīng ér
  1. 1 infant
  2. 2 baby
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
  4. 4 lead (Pb)
孤儿
gū ér
  1. 1 orphan
宝贝儿
bǎo bèi r5
  1. 1 erhua variant of 寶貝|宝贝[bǎo bèi]
幼儿园
yòu ér yuán
  1. 1 kindergarten
  2. 2 nursery school
弯
wān
  1. 1 to bend
  2. 2 bent
  3. 3 a bend
  4. 4 a turn (in the road etc)
  5. 5 CL:道[dào]

Idioms (14)

儿孙自有儿孙福
ér sūn zì yǒu ér sūn fú
  1. 1 younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)
八字还没一撇儿
bā zì hái méi yī piě r5
  1. 1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
  3. 3 no sign of success yet
又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草
yòu yào mǎ r5 pǎo , yòu yào mǎ r5 bù chī cǎo
  1. 1 lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too
咬人狗儿不露齿
yǎo rén gǒu r5 bù lù chǐ
  1. 1 lit. the dog that bites does not show its fangs (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. You can't tell the really dangerous enemy from his external appearance.
拐弯抹角
guǎi wān mò jiǎo
  1. 1 lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to speak in a roundabout way
  3. 3 to equivocate
  4. 4 to beat about the bush
曲里拐弯
qū lǐ guǎi wān
  1. 1 winding and turning (idiom)
男儿有泪不轻弹
nán ér yǒu lèi bù qīng tán
  1. 1 real men do not easily cry (idiom)
看人下菜碟儿
kàn rén xià cài dié r5
  1. 1 (dialect) to treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc (idiom)
  2. 2 not to treat everyone equally favorably
绕来绕去
rào lái rào qù
  1. 1 meandering and circuitous (idiom); to go around in circles and never get anywhere
绕梁三日
rào liáng sān rì
  1. 1 reverberates around the rafters for three days (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
绕膝承欢
rào xī chéng huān
  1. 1 to live with one's parents, thus bringing them happiness (idiom)
视同儿戏
shì tóng ér xì
  1. 1 to regard sth as a plaything (idiom); to consider unimportant
  2. 2 to view as trifling
余音绕梁
yú yīn rào liáng
  1. 1 reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
余响绕梁
yú xiǎng rào liáng
  1. 1 reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)

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