1 General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)
拐弯抹角
guǎi wān mò jiǎo
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)
满坑满谷
mǎn kēng mǎn gǔ
1 (idiom) all over the place
2 in every nook and cranny
3 packed to the rafters
蒙在鼓里
méng zài gǔ lǐ
1 lit. kept inside a drum (idiom)
2 fig. completely in the dark
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)
蒙昧无知
méng mèi wú zhī
1 benighted (idiom)
2 ignorant
跳出火坑
tiào chū huǒ kēng
1 lit. to jump out of a fire pit (idiom); to escape from a living hell
2 to free oneself from a life of torture
跳出釜底进火坑
tiào chū fǔ dǐ jìn huǒ kēng
1 out of the frying pan into the fire (idiom)
避坑落井
bì kēng luò jǐng
1 to dodge a pit only to fall into a well (idiom)
2 out of the frying pan into the fire
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