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拐弯抹角

guǎi wān mò jiǎo phrase C2

Traditional: 拐彎抹角

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