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拐彎抹角 (拐弯抹角)

guǎi wān mò jiǎo

Definition

  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

Character Decomposition

拐
=
扌
+
另
彎
=
䜌
+
弓
抹
=
扌
+
末
角
=
⺈
+
用

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