支吾其词
zhī​wu​qí​cí

to speak evasively

  • created sense approved 支吾其词/支吾其詞 · zhī​wu​qí​cí · to speak evasively — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    支吾其词 / 支吾其詞

    zhī​wu​qí​cí

    to speak evasively

    (idiom) to speak in a roundabout way to cover up the truth; to hem and haw; to use vague language to stall or dodge questions

    zhī​wú​qí​cí

    支吾 (literal) → 支吾 · zhī​wu · to hem and haw 其 (literal) → 其 · qí · [third-person possessive] 词 (literal) → 词/詞 · cí · speech

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

    created sense