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拐彎抹角

lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom) / fig. to speak in a roundabout way / to equivocate / to beat about the bush

Characters and words in 拐彎抹角

guǎi = gu + ai3
to turn (a corner etc) / to kidnap / to swindle / to misappropriate / seven (used as a substitute for 七[qi1]) / variant of 枴|拐[guai3]
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guǎi = gu + ai3
cane / walking stick / crutch / old man's staff
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guǎi = gu + ai3
to go round a curve / to turn a corner / fig. a new direction
wān = w + an1
to bend / bent / a bend / a turn (in the road etc) / CL:道[dao4]
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wān = w + an1
to bend / bent / a bend; a turn (in a road etc) / CL:道[dao4]
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= m + a1
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= m + o3
to smear / to wipe / to erase / classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc
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= m + o4
to plaster / to go around / to skirt
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jué = ju + e2
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jiǎo = ji + ao3
angle / corner / horn / horn-shaped / unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime) / CL:個|个[ge4]
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jué = ju + e2
role (theater) / to compete / ancient three legged wine vessel / third note of pentatonic scale
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Words with 拐彎抹角

拐彎抹角 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 拐彎抹角

拐彎抹角 currently does not appear in any sentence.
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