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Definitions
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
Components
拐弯
guǎi wān
–
to go round a curve
抹
mò
–
to plaster
角
jiǎo
–
angle
Related Words
说话拐弯抹角
shuō huà guǎi wān mò jiǎo
–
talk in a roundabout way