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Trad. 彎路
- winding road
- roundabout route
- detour
- (fig.) wrong way (of doing sth)
Trad. 繞彎兒
- to go for a walk around
- (fig.) to speak in a roundabout way
Trad. 繞彎子
- lit. to go on a long detour
- fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point
- to beat about the bush
Trad. 走彎路
- to take an indirect route
- to waste one's time by using an inappropriate method
Trad. 轉彎抹角
- see 拐彎抹角|拐弯抹角[guai3 wan1 mo4 jiao3]
Trad. 拐彎抹角
- lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom)
- fig. to speak in a roundabout way
- to equivocate
- to beat about the bush
Trad. 彎嘴濱鷸
- (bird species of China) curlew sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Trad. 彎道超車
- to overtake on a bend (driving)
- (fig.) taking opportunity of tight corners to make swift progress (economy etc)
Trad. 七彎八拐
- (idiom) twisting and turning
- (idiom) tricky and complicated
Trad. 繞彎子兒
- lit. to go on a long detour
- fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point
- to beat about the bush