转弯抹角

zhuǎnwānmòjiǎo

full of twists and turns, beat about the bush; speak in a roundabout way

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prunes and prism

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prunes and prism

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zhuan3 wan1 mo4 jiao3

lit. (of road) winding and turning (idiom); to speak in a roundabout way, to equivocate, to beat about the bush

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转弯抹角

zhuǎn wān mò jiǎo

（路弯弯曲曲） full of twists and turns:

从山坡上转弯抹角地溜下来 slip down the slope in a rapid zigzag;

转弯抹角地走 take a tortuous route

（说话、写文章绕圈子） beat about the bush; in a roundabout way; in a devious way; prunes and prism; circumambulate:

她转弯抹角， 扯到了婚姻上。 She talked round the subject a bit, and finally got on to the matter of marriage.

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轉彎抹角|转弯抹角 [zhuǎn wān mò jiǎo] ► lit. (of road) winding and turning (idiom); to speak in a roundabout way ► to equivocate ► to beat about the bush