created reference approved 拐弯抹角/拐彎抹角 → 转弯抹角/轉彎抹角 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
拐弯抹角 / 拐彎抹角 guǎiwānmòjiǎo
转弯抹角 / 轉彎抹角 zhuǎnwānmòjiǎo
same_as
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created reference approved 拐弯抹角/拐彎抹角 → 直截了当/直截了當 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
拐弯抹角 / 拐彎抹角 guǎiwānmòjiǎo
直截了当 / 直截了當 zhíjiéliǎodàng
antonym
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created reference approved 拐弯抹角/拐彎抹角 → 开门见山/開門見山 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
拐弯抹角 / 拐彎抹角 guǎiwānmòjiǎo
开门见山 / 開門見山 kāiménjiànshān
antonym
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created sense approved 拐弯抹角/拐彎抹角 · guǎiwānmòjiǎo · to follow a winding road — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
拐弯抹角 / 拐彎抹角
guǎiwānmòjiǎo
to follow a winding road
To proceed along a zigzag path or follow the bends and corners of a road
拐 (literal) → 拐 · guǎi · to turn 弯 (literal) → 弯/彎 · wān · bend 抹 (literal) → 抹 · mò · to skirt 角 (literal) → 角 · jiǎo · corner
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 拐弯抹角/拐彎抹角 · guǎiwānmòjiǎo · to beat about the bush — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
拐弯抹角 / 拐彎抹角
guǎiwānmòjiǎo
to beat about the bush
To speak or act in a roundabout way without being direct or straightforward
拐 (literal) → 拐 · guǎi · to turn 弯 (literal) → 弯/彎 · wān · bend 抹 (literal) → 抹 · mò · to skirt 角 (literal) → 角 · jiǎo · corner
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition