rào​teng

to go the long way around

rào​teng to go the long way around

  1. to detour
    to make a detour; to go around an obstacle; to bypass a route
  2. [repeated action]
    Used as a suffix after certain verbs to indicate that an action is being done repeatedly or continuously, as in 折腾 zhē​teng

rào​teng to beat about the bush

  1. to confuse
    to become entangled or confused by a complex problem or speech
  2. [repeated action]
    Used as a suffix after certain verbs to indicate that an action is being done repeatedly or continuously, as in 折腾 zhē​teng