拐彎抹角 — guai3 wan1 mo4 jiao3 — Chinese Dictionary

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Definitions4 characters

guai³ wan¹ mo⁴ jiao³

lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom)/fig. to speak in a roundabout way/to equivocate/to beat about the bush

Usage•••frequent

Pronunciations

拐

彎

抹

角

As word

1

guai³

lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom)/fig. to speak in a roundabout way/to equivocate/to beat about the bush

2

wan¹

lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom)/fig. to speak in a roundabout way/to equivocate/to beat about the bush

3

mo⁴

lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom)/fig. to speak in a roundabout way/to equivocate/to beat about the bush

4

jiao³

lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom)/fig. to speak in a roundabout way/to equivocate/to beat about the bush