拐弯抹角 guǎiwānmòjiǎo to follow a winding road Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 拐弯抹角 拐彎抹角 guǎiwānmòjiǎo to follow a winding road To proceed along a zigzag path or follow the bends and corners of a road to beat about the bush To speak or act in a roundabout way without being direct or straightforward Frequency Movie subtitles 1.79 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.693 per million Cross-References Same as 转弯抹角 zhuǎnwānmòjiǎoAntonym 直截了当 zhíjiéliǎodàng开门见山 kāiménjiànshānReferenced by 抹 mò Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
拐弯抹角 拐彎抹角 guǎiwānmòjiǎo to follow a winding road To proceed along a zigzag path or follow the bends and corners of a road to beat about the bush To speak or act in a roundabout way without being direct or straightforward Frequency Movie subtitles 1.79 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.693 per million Cross-References Same as 转弯抹角 zhuǎnwānmòjiǎoAntonym 直截了当 zhíjiéliǎodàng开门见山 kāiménjiànshānReferenced by 抹 mò Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
