绕圈子 ràoquānzi to go in circles Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 绕圈子 繞圈子 rào//quānzi to go in circles verb + noun To circle or go round and round; to take a detour or follow a winding path. 你这是在带着我们绕圈子。 nǐ zhè shì zài dài zhe wǒmen rào quānzi. You're leading us in circles. to beat about the bush To speak or act in an indirect or evasive way instead of getting straight to the point to get stuck on To limit one's thinking to a specific range of problems or factors without moving forward Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 1.34 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.158 per million Cross-References Same as 兜圈子 dōuquānzi绕弯子 ràowānzi绕脖子 ràobózi绕弯儿 ràowānr Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
绕圈子 繞圈子 rào//quānzi to go in circles verb + noun To circle or go round and round; to take a detour or follow a winding path. 你这是在带着我们绕圈子。 nǐ zhè shì zài dài zhe wǒmen rào quānzi. You're leading us in circles. to beat about the bush To speak or act in an indirect or evasive way instead of getting straight to the point to get stuck on To limit one's thinking to a specific range of problems or factors without moving forward Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 1.34 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.158 per million Cross-References Same as 兜圈子 dōuquānzi绕弯子 ràowānzi绕脖子 ràobózi绕弯儿 ràowānr Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
