走偏锋

zǒu piān fēng

Definitions

1. to write with the tip of the brush tilted
2. (fig.) to resort to devious means

Words Containing 走偏锋

• 剑走偏锋 jiàn zǒu piān fēng: Jian Zoupianfeng, pseudonym of prolific modern novelist

Child Words of 走偏锋

• 偏 piān: to lean
• 走 zǒu: to walk
• 偏锋 piān fēng: brush stroke to the side (calligraphy)
• 走偏 zǒu piān: to deviate from the correct course
• 锋 fēng: point of a spear