拐弯抹角 meaning in English
lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom); fig. to speak in a roundabout way
Traditional 拐彎抹角32 strokes
Meaning of 拐弯抹角
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
guǎiwānmòjiǎo
- lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom)
- fig. to speak in a roundabout way
- to equivocate
- to beat about the bush
拐弯抹角 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
不要拐弯抹角。
Don't beat about the bush.
Stroke order for each character
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拐 guǎi · to turn · 8 strokes
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弯 wān · to bend · 9 strokes
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抹 mǒ · to smear · 8 strokes
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角 jiǎo · angle · 7 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 拐弯抹角.
| 角度 | jiǎodù | angle; (fig.) point of view |
| 角色 | juésè | role; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4] |
| 转弯 | zhuǎnwān | to turn; to go around a corner |
| 主角 | zhǔjué | leading role; lead; protagonist |
| 弯曲 | wānqū | to bend; to curve around |
| 角落 | jiǎoluò | corner (of a room, courtyard etc); (fig.) remote spot; nook |
| 三角 | sānjiǎo | triangle; (math.) trigonometry (abbr. for 三角學|三角学[san1 jiao3 xue2]) |
| 拐杖 | guǎizhàng | crutches; crutch |
| 视角 | shìjiǎo | angle from which one observes an object; (fig.) perspective; viewpoint; frame of reference |
| 角逐 | juézhú | to tussle; to contend |
| 拐弯 | guǎiwān | to go round a curve; to turn a corner |
| 急转弯 | jízhuǎnwān | to make a sudden turn |
Questions about 拐弯抹角
What does 拐弯抹角 mean?
拐弯抹角 (guǎiwānmòjiǎo) means "lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom); fig. to speak in a roundabout way".
How do you write 拐弯抹角?
拐弯抹角 is made of 4 characters: 拐 (8 strokes), 弯 (9 strokes), 抹 (8 strokes), 角 (7 strokes). That is 32 strokes in total.
How is 拐弯抹角 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 拐弯抹角 is written 拐彎抹角.