rào​teng

to go the long way around

  • created sense approved 绕腾/繞騰 · rào​teng · to go the long way around — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    绕腾 / 繞騰

    rào​teng

    to go the long way around

    to take a circuitous route; to run a long way around

    绕 (literal) → 绕/繞 · rào · to detour 腾 (bound) → 腾/騰 · téng · [repeated action]

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 绕腾/繞騰 · rào​teng · to beat about the bush — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    绕腾 / 繞騰

    rào​teng

    to beat about the bush

    to speak vaguely or indirectly without getting to the point

    绕 (literal) → 绕/繞 · rào · to confuse 腾 (bound) → 腾/騰 · téng · [repeated action]

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

    created sense