迂

literal-minded / pedantic / doctrinaire / longwinded / circuitous

to go / to take / sentence-final interrogative particle / variant of 於|于[yu2]

to walk (side part of split character)

(of time or place) in; at; on / (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for / (indicating a source) from; out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by

roundabout route / circuitous / tortuous / to outflank / indirect / roundabout

unrealistic / pedantic and impractical

to attack from an unexpected direction

meandering and circuitous (idiom); complicated developments that never get anywhere / going around in circles

pedantic and stubborn

pedant / old fogey

inflexible / stubborn

conventional / conservative

stupid / impractical

circuitous / tortuous / roundabout

pedantry