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旁敲侧击
páng​qiāo​cè​jī

to beat around the bush

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
旁敲侧击 旁敲側擊 páng​qiāo​cè​jī
to beat around the bush
to make insinuations or take an indirect approach; to attack by innuendo rather than speaking directly

Frequency

Written text
0.399 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 侧击 cè​jī

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)