绕脖子 |
rào bó zi |
tricky / involved / 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 |
脖 |
bó |
neck |
脖子 |
bó zi |
neck / CL:个 |
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) |