Read Edit View history 转弯抹角 Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 拐弯抹角 (拐彎抹角) guǎiwānmòjiǎo 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 guǎiwānmòjiǎo 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〒 zhèlǐ de xiǎo xiàngzi guǎiwānmòjiǎo de, hěn róngyì mílù〒 The alleys here are full of twists and turns; it's easy to get lost. Frequency Written text 0.140 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
拐弯抹角 (拐彎抹角) guǎiwānmòjiǎo 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 guǎiwānmòjiǎo 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〒 zhèlǐ de xiǎo xiàngzi guǎiwānmòjiǎo de, hěn róngyì mílù〒 The alleys here are full of twists and turns; it's easy to get lost. Frequency Written text 0.140 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)