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拐彎抹角

guǎiwānmòjiǎo

ㄍㄨㄞˇ ㄨㄢ ㄇㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

Simplified 拐弯抹角

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  1. 1lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom)
  2. 2fig. to speak in a roundabout way
  3. 3to equivocate
  4. 4to beat about the bush
Example

不要拐彎抹角。

búyào guǎiwānmòjiǎo

Don't beat around the bush.

Keep 拐彎抹角 and it comes back until you know it.

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