绕圈子 ràoquānzi beat about bush Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 绕圈子 (繞圈子) ràoquānzi beat about bush verb to speak in an indirect or roundabout way without getting to the main point 有话请直说，不要跟我绕圈子。 yǒu huà qǐng zhí shuō, bù yào gēn wǒ ràoquānzi. Please speak directly and don't beat around the bush with me. detour verb to move in a circular path or take a roundabout route 出租车司机为了多收费，故意在城里绕圈子。 chūzūchē sījī wèile duō shōufèi, gùyì zài chénglǐ ràoquānzi. The taxi driver intentionally took a roundabout route in the city to charge more. Frequency Movie subtitles 1.34 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.158 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
绕圈子 (繞圈子) ràoquānzi beat about bush verb to speak in an indirect or roundabout way without getting to the main point 有话请直说，不要跟我绕圈子。 yǒu huà qǐng zhí shuō, bù yào gēn wǒ ràoquānzi. Please speak directly and don't beat around the bush with me. detour verb to move in a circular path or take a roundabout route 出租车司机为了多收费，故意在城里绕圈子。 chūzūchē sījī wèile duō shōufèi, gùyì zài chénglǐ ràoquānzi. The taxi driver intentionally took a roundabout route in the city to charge more. Frequency Movie subtitles 1.34 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.158 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
