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
曲里拐弯
qū lǐ guǎi wān
1 winding and turning (idiom)
胳膊肘朝外拐
gē bo zhǒu cháo wài guǎi
1 the elbow turns the wrong way
2 to favor an outsider instead of someone on one's own side (idiom)
Sample Sentences
Guess: if someone wears a big round top hat, with a very tight top and extremely baggy pants, with pointy leather shoes, and they have a little moustache, carry a thin walking stick and waddle like a penguin, who are they imitating?