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王顾左右而言他

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wáng gù zuǒ yòu ér yán tā

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Definitions

  1. 1. the king looked left and right and then talked of other things
  2. 2. to digress from the topic of discussion (idiom)

Child Words of 王顾左右而言他

他
tā

he; him (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)

右
yòu

(bound form) right; right-hand side

左右
zuǒ yòu

left and right

王
wáng

king or monarch

王
wàng

to rule

而
ér

and

顾
gù

to look after

而言
ér yán

(typically preceded by 就…[jiù xx5] or 對…|对…[duì xx5] etc) as far as ... is concerned; speaking in terms of ...

言
yán

words

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