| 绕弯子儿 |
rào wān zǐr |
lit. to go on a long detour / fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point / to beat about the bush |
| 绕 |
rào |
to wind / to coil (thread) / to rotate around / to spiral / to move around / to go round (an obstacle) / to by-pass / to make a detour / to confuse / to perplex |
| 绕 |
rào |
variant of 绕, to rotate around / to spiral / to move around / to go round (an obstacle) / to by-pass / to make a detour |
| 绕弯 |
rào wān |
to go for a walk around / fig. to speak in a roundabout way |
| 绕弯子 |
rào wān zi |
lit. to go on a long detour / fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point / to beat about the bush |
| 弯 |
wān |
to bend / bent / a bend; a turn (in a road etc) / CL:道 |
| 弯子 |
wān zi |
bend / turn / curve |
| 子 |
zǐ |
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- |
| 子 |
zi |
noun suffix, as in 椅子 "chair" |
| 子儿 |
zǐr |
(coll.) penny / buck |
| 儿 |
ér |
child / son |
| 儿 |
r |
non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final |