绕弯子

lit. to go on a long detour / fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point / to beat about the bush

Characters and words in 绕弯子

绕

繞

rào = r + ao4

to wind / to coil (thread) / to rotate around / to spiral / to move around / to go round (an obstacle) / to by-pass / to make a detour / to confuse / to perplex

绕 = 尧 + 纟 : Robinson Crusoe (r) and the silk worm (纟) want to pay their respect to Tang Yao (尧), so they coil up (绕) the silkworm's silk in the aorta's bathroom (ao4) to manufacture some fine clothes for Tang Yao while he waits for them to be finished.

绕

遶

rào = r + ao4

variant of 繞|绕[rao4], to rotate around / to spiral / to move around / to go round (an obstacle) / to by-pass / to make a detour

绕

繞

rào

弯

彎

wa̅n

to go for a walk around / fig. to speak in a roundabout way

弯

彎

wa̅n = w + an1

to bend / bent / a bend / a turn (in the road etc) / CL:道[dao4]

弯 = 亦 + 弓 : Willy Walrus (w) wants to help the also runner (亦) to also win a race after all. The also ran is racing against Bender (弯) who is in the lead and will soon reach the goal, the anthill (an1). Willy wants to help the also ran by throwing rods towards Bender, but Bender just bends (弯) them into composite bows (弓) and shoots them back towards Willy before reaching anthill.

弯

彎

wa̅n = w + an1

to bend / bent / a bend; a turn (in a road etc) / CL:道[dao4]

弯

彎

wa̅n

子

bend / turn / curve

子

zǐ = z + Ø3

son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-

子 = 了 + 一 : Zorro wants to eat an egg in the space station, and he already put it in a prize cup, as he has no egg cup. He also lacks a spoon, so he uses a big flute to crush the egg open.

子

zi = z + Ø5

(noun suffix)