支吾其词

(idiom) to talk in a roundabout way to cover up the truth / evasive

old variant of 詞|词[ci2]

word / statement / speech / lyrics / CL:組|组[zu3],個|个[ge4] / a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝|宋朝[Song4 chao2] / CL:首[shou3]

surname Zhi

to support / to sustain / to erect / to raise / branch / division / to draw money / classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions

his / her / its / their / that / such / it (refers to sth preceding it)

surname Wu

I / my (old)

(old) I; my

to resist / to deal with

to respond evasively or vaguely / to elude / to stall