| 拐弯抹角 |
guǎi wān mò jiǎo |
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 |
guǎi |
to turn (a corner etc) / to kidnap / to swindle / to misappropriate / seven (used as a substitute for 七) / variant of 拐 |
| 拐 |
guǎi |
cane / walking stick / crutch / old man's staff |
| 拐 |
guǎi |
variant of 拐 |
| 拐弯 |
guǎi wān |
to go round a curve / to turn a corner / fig. a new direction |
| 弯 |
wān |
to bend / bent / a bend; a turn (in a road etc) / CL:道 |
| 抹 |
mā |
to wipe |
| 抹 |
mǒ |
to smear / to wipe / to erase / classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc |
| 抹 |
mò |
to plaster / to go around / to skirt |
| 角 |
Jué |
surname Jue |
| 角 |
jiǎo |
angle / corner / horn / horn-shaped / unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime) / CL:个 |
| 角 |
jué |
role (theater) / to compete / ancient three legged wine vessel / third note of pentatonic scale |