擦边球

(table tennis) edge ball / (fig.) actions that are technically legal but perhaps not respectable

Characters and words in 擦边球

to wipe / to erase / rubbing (brush stroke in painting) / to clean / to polish

= + : The undercover agent (察) found out that soon the super villain he is following will arrive at the ashram. As he waits in front of the lighthouse (a1) the King of Chu (c) arrives. Certain that it must be the villain the agent quickly tries to rub off (擦) the King's make-up using a toy claw (扌), hoping to unmask the villain.
to make light contact with the edge of sth / (fig.) to be nearly (a certain age); to be close to (danger) / (fig.) to be marginal (in terms of relevance or legality)
side / edge / margin / border / boundary / CL:個|个[ge4] / simultaneously

= + : Brunhilde fell down on the sidewalk in front of the anthill. One of her gladiator sandals got stuck in a electricity line at the side of the inn.
suffix of a noun of locality
ball / sphere / globe / CL:個|个[ge4] / ball game / match / CL:場|场[chang3]

= + : Martin Luther King and the Queen of Hearts are playing with a globe beach ball in the outhouse's kitchen. They put a service request bell just between them and bounce their beach ball off of it with a loud "DING".

Words with 擦边球

to bend the rules / to skirt around the issue

Sentences with 擦边球

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