转弯抹角

zhuǎn wān mò jiǎo

Definitions

Same as 拐弯抹角 guǎi wān mò jiǎo

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

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Child Words of 转弯抹角

to bend

to wipe

to smear

to plaster

angle

role (theater)

see 轉文|转文[zhuǎi wén]

to turn

to revolve

to turn