绕弯子 ràowānzi to beat around the bush Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 绕弯子 繞彎子 rào//wānzi to beat around the bush To speak vaguely or indirectly without getting to the point to take a detour To follow a winding route or go a long way around instead of taking a direct path. to be stuck in a rut To limit one's thinking to a certain scope or circle without making progress Frequency Movie subtitles 0.480 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.148 per million Cross-References Same as 绕圈子 ràoquānzi兜圈子 dōuquānzi绕脖子 ràobóziErhua variant of 绕弯儿 ràowānr Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
绕弯子 繞彎子 rào//wānzi to beat around the bush To speak vaguely or indirectly without getting to the point to take a detour To follow a winding route or go a long way around instead of taking a direct path. to be stuck in a rut To limit one's thinking to a certain scope or circle without making progress Frequency Movie subtitles 0.480 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.148 per million Cross-References Same as 绕圈子 ràoquānzi兜圈子 dōuquānzi绕脖子 ràobóziErhua variant of 绕弯儿 ràowānr Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
