兜圈子 dōuquānzi beat about the bush Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 兜圈子 dōuquānzi beat about the bush verb to speak indirectly or avoid coming to the main point 有话请直说，别跟我兜圈子。 yǒu huà qǐng zhí shuō, bié gēn wǒ dōuquānzi. Please speak directly; don't beat around the bush with me. circle verb to move in a circle or travel around a physical area 他在附近开车兜圈子，寻找停车位。 tā zài fùjìn kāichē dōuquānzi, xúnzhǎo tíngchēwèi. He was driving around nearby looking for a parking space. Frequency Movie subtitles 2.62 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.303 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
兜圈子 dōuquānzi beat about the bush verb to speak indirectly or avoid coming to the main point 有话请直说，别跟我兜圈子。 yǒu huà qǐng zhí shuō, bié gēn wǒ dōuquānzi. Please speak directly; don't beat around the bush with me. circle verb to move in a circle or travel around a physical area 他在附近开车兜圈子，寻找停车位。 tā zài fùjìn kāichē dōuquānzi, xúnzhǎo tíngchēwèi. He was driving around nearby looking for a parking space. Frequency Movie subtitles 2.62 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.303 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
