绕弯子儿

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

bend / turn / curve

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-

(noun suffix)

(coll.) penny / buck

variant of 人[ren2] / "person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 10), occurring in 兒, 兀, 兄 etc

child / son

non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final