兜圈子 dōuquānzi to beat around the bush Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 兜圈子 dōu//quānzi to beat around the bush verb + noun To speak in a roundabout way or be evasive rather than speaking frankly; can also describe getting stuck on minor details when thinking about a problem. 我觉得我们在兜圈子。 wǒ juéde wǒmen zài dōu quānzi. I think we're going in circles. to go around To move in a circle, saunter about, or travel along a roundabout route; also used to describe taking a detour or losing one's way. Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 2.62 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.303 per million Cross-References Same as 绕圈子 ràoquānzi绕弯子 ràowānzi绕脖子 ràobózi打圈子 dǎquānzi Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
兜圈子 dōu//quānzi to beat around the bush verb + noun To speak in a roundabout way or be evasive rather than speaking frankly; can also describe getting stuck on minor details when thinking about a problem. 我觉得我们在兜圈子。 wǒ juéde wǒmen zài dōu quānzi. I think we're going in circles. to go around To move in a circle, saunter about, or travel along a roundabout route; also used to describe taking a detour or losing one's way. Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 2.62 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.303 per million Cross-References Same as 绕圈子 ràoquānzi绕弯子 ràowānzi绕脖子 ràobózi打圈子 dǎquānzi Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
