顾左右而言他
gù​zuǒ​yòu'ér​yán​tā

to change the subject

  • created sense approved 顾左右而言他/顧左右而言他 · gù​zuǒ​yòu'ér​yán​tā · to change the subject — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    顾左右而言他 / 顧左右而言他

    gù​zuǒ​yòu'ér​yán​tā

    to change the subject

    to deliberately avoid a question or topic by talking about something else; to digress from the main point of discussion

    顾 (literal) → 顾/顧 · gù · to look back 左右 (literal) → 左右 · zuǒ​yòu · left and right 而言 (literal) → 而言 · ér​yán · with regard to 他 (literal) → 他 · tā · other

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

    created sense