拐弯抹角
guǎi​wān​mò​jiǎo

indirect

拐弯抹角 (拐彎抹角) guǎi​wān​mò​jiǎo
indirect idiom
to speak in a roundabout way or beat about the bush without being direct

有话请直说，不要拐弯抹角的〒

yǒu huà qǐng zhí shuō, bù yào guǎi​wān​mò​jiǎo de〒

Please speak directly; don't beat around the bush.

winding idiom
physically going around curves and skirting corners along a path or route

这里的小巷子拐弯抹角的，很容易迷路〒

zhè​lǐ de xiǎo xiàng​zi guǎi​wān​mò​jiǎo de, hěn róng​yì mí​lù〒

The alleys here are full of twists and turns; it's easy to get lost.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
1.79 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
0.693 per million

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Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)