閃爍其辭
shǎn​shuò​qí​cí

to speak evasively

  • created sense approved 闪烁其辞/閃爍其辭 · shǎn​shuò​qí​cí · to speak evasively — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    闪烁其辞 / 閃爍其辭

    shǎn​shuò​qí​cí

    to speak evasively

    to be vague or hedge one's words to avoid giving a direct answer; (variant form)

    闪烁 (literal) → 闪烁/閃爍 · shǎn​shuò · to be evasive 其 (literal) → 其 · qí · [third-person possessive] 辞 (literal) → 辞/辭 · cí · word

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

    created sense