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王顾左右而言他
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Definitions
- 1. the king looked left and right and then talked of other things
- 2. to digress from the topic of discussion (idiom)
Child Words of 王顾左右而言他
king or monarch
left and right
words
to look after
(bound form) right; right-hand side
and
he; him (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
(typically preceded by 就…[jiù xx5] or 對…|对…[duì xx5] etc) as far as ... is concerned; speaking in terms of ...
to rule