旁敲侧击
páng qiāo cè jī
Pinyin

Definition

旁敲侧击
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páng qiāo cè jī
  1. to make insinuations
  2. to take an indirect approach (in making inquiries) (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

敲门
qiāo mén
  1. 1 to knock on a door
旁
páng
  1. 1 beside
  2. 2 one side
  3. 3 other
  4. 4 side
  5. 5 self
  6. 6 the right-hand side of split Chinese character, often the phonetic
旁边
páng biān
  1. 1 lateral
  2. 2 side
  3. 3 to the side
  4. 4 beside
一旁
yī páng
  1. 1 aside
  2. 2 to the side of
推敲
tuī qiāo
  1. 1 to think over
敲
qiāo
  1. 1 to hit
  2. 2 to strike
  3. 3 to tap
  4. 4 to rap
  5. 5 to knock
  6. 6 to rip sb off
  7. 7 to overcharge
敲定
qiāo dìng
  1. 1 to come to a decision
  2. 2 to fix on (a date etc)
  3. 3 to determine
  4. 4 to finalize
  5. 5 to nail down (a deal etc)
敲打
qiāo dǎ
  1. 1 to beat sb
  2. 2 to beat (a drum)
敲击
qiāo jī
  1. 1 to pound
  2. 2 to rap
敲诈
qiāo zhà
  1. 1 to rip off
  2. 2 to extort (money)
  3. 3 extortion
  4. 4 blackmail
敲锣
qiāo luó
  1. 1 to beat a gong
敲响
qiāo xiǎng
  1. 1 to sound a bell
  2. 2 to raise the alarm
旁人
páng rén
  1. 1 other people
  2. 2 bystanders
  3. 3 onlookers
  4. 4 outsiders
旁白
páng bái
  1. 1 aside (theater)
  2. 2 voice-over
  3. 3 background narration
旁观
páng guān
  1. 1 spectator
  2. 2 non-participant
旁观者
páng guān zhě
  1. 1 observer
  2. 2 spectator
偏旁
piān páng
  1. 1 component of a Chinese character (as the radical or the phonetic part)
冷眼旁观
lěng yǎn páng guān
  1. 1 the cool eye of a bystander
  2. 2 a detached point of view
在旁
zài páng
  1. 1 alongside
  2. 2 nearby
敲敲打打
qiāo qiāo dǎ dǎ
  1. 1 to make a continual banging sound
  2. 2 (fig.) to provoke with words

Idioms (11)

拱手旁观
gǒng shǒu páng guān
  1. 1 to watch from the sidelines and do nothing (idiom)
敲诈勒索
qiāo zhà lè suǒ
  1. 1 extortion and blackmail (idiom)
敲钉钻脚
qiāo dīng zuān jiǎo
  1. 1 to make doubly sure (idiom)
敲门砖
qiāo mén zhuān
  1. 1 lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient
  2. 2 to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune
旁敲侧击
páng qiāo cè jī
  1. 1 to make insinuations
  2. 2 to take an indirect approach (in making inquiries) (idiom)
旁观者清
páng guān zhě qīng
  1. 1 The person on the spot is baffled, the onlooker sees clear (idiom). The spectator sees more of the game.
旁门左道
páng mén zuǒ dào
  1. 1 dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion
  2. 2 dissident group
当局者迷，旁观者清
dāng jú zhě mí , páng guān zhě qīng
  1. 1 The person on the spot is baffled, the onlooker sees clear (idiom). The onlooker sees more of the game.
袖手旁观
xiù shǒu páng guān
  1. 1 to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger
零打碎敲
líng dǎ suì qiāo
  1. 1 to do things in bits and pieces (idiom); piecemeal work
零敲碎打
líng qiāo suì dǎ
  1. 1 to do things in bits and pieces (idiom); piecemeal work

Sample Sentences

是啊。要求婚，没钻戒怎么行？我女朋友深受广告毒害，成天旁敲侧击地提醒我。
shì a 。yào qiúhūn ，méi zuànjiè zěnme xíng ？wǒ nǚpéngyou shēnshòu guǎnggào dúhài ，chéngtiān pángqiāocèjī de tíxǐng wǒ 。
Yeah. How can you propose if you don't have a diamond ring? My girlfriend has been profoundly affected by the evils of advertising. She's constantly dropping hints and prodding me.
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