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拐弯抹角

guǎi wān mò jiǎo

Definitions

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

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