wǎn​chēng

euphemism

  • created sense approved 婉称/婉稱 · wǎn​chēng · euphemism — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    婉称 / 婉稱

    wǎn​chēng

    euphemism

    a tactful or polite way of referring to something unpleasant or sensitive, such as death

    婉 (literal) → 婉 · wǎn · tactful 称 (literal) → 称/稱 · chēng · to call

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense