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Trad. 繞
- 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
Trad. 遶
- variant of 繞|绕[rao4], to rotate around
- to spiral
- to move around
- to go round (an obstacle)
- to by-pass
- to make a detour
Trad. 繚繞
- (of smoke from a chimney) to curl upward
- (of a sound) to linger on
Trad. 繞膝
- (children) run around parent's knees
- fig. to stay to look after one's elderly parents
Trad. 繞行
- to take a circular (or circuitous) route
- to do a circuit
- (of a planet) to orbit
- (of a sailor) to circumnavigate
- to take a detour
- to bypass
Trad. 繞過
- to detour
- to bypass
- to circumvent
- to avoid
- to wind around (of a road etc)
Trad. 繞道
- to go by a roundabout route
- to take a detour
- (medicine or civil engineering) bypass
Trad. 繞騰
- to run a long way around
- fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point
- to beat about the bush
Trad. 繞圈子
- to go around in circles
- to make a detour
- (fig.) to beat about the bush
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. 繞遠兒
- to go the long way round
- to take a circuitous route
- (of a route) circuitous
Trad. 繞來繞去
- meandering and circuitous (idiom); to go around in circles and never get anywhere
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
Trad. 繞梁三日
- reverberates around the rafters for three days (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
Trad. 繞膝承歡
- to live with one's parents, thus bringing them happiness (idiom)
Trad. 魂牽夢繞
- see 魂牽夢縈|魂牵梦萦[hun2 qian1 meng4 ying2]
Trad. 餘音繞梁
- reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
Trad. 餘響繞梁
- reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)