迂回曲折

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

literal-minded / pedantic / doctrinaire / longwinded / circuitous

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

to circle / to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return / to revolve / Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) / time / classifier for acts of a play / section or chapter (of a classic book)

to curve / to return / to revolve

variant of 迴|回[hui2]

surname Qu

bent / crooked / wrong

tune / song / CL:支[zhi1]

variant of 麴|曲[qu1]

yeast / Aspergillus (includes many common molds) / Taiwan pr. [qu2]

winding / (fig.) complicated

to snap / to break (a stick, a bone etc) / (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)

to turn sth over / to turn upside down / to tip sth out (of a container)

to break / to fracture / to snap / to suffer loss / to bend / to twist / to turn / to change direction / convinced / to convert into (currency) / discount / rebate / tenth (in price) / classifier for theatrical scenes / to fold / accounts book

variant of 折[zhe2] / to fold