曲里拐弯
qū lǐ guǎi wān
Pinyin

Definition

曲里拐弯
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qū lǐ guǎi wān
  1. winding and turning (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

dān qǔ
  1. 1 single (recording industry)
  1. 1 surname Qu
gē qǔ
  1. 1 song
jiāo xiǎng qǔ
  1. 1 symphony
zuò qǔ
  1. 1 to compose (music)
zuò qǔ jiā
  1. 1 composer
  2. 2 songwriter
cuī mián qǔ
  1. 1 lullaby
xié zòu qǔ
  1. 1 concerto
míng qǔ
  1. 1 famous song
  2. 2 well-known piece of music
yuán wǔ qǔ
  1. 1 waltz
yè qǔ
  1. 1 nocturne (music)
zòu míng qǔ
  1. 1 sonata
wěi qū
  1. 1 sinuous
  2. 2 devious
  3. 3 full details of a story
  4. 4 to stoop
xiǎo qǔ
  1. 1 popular song
  2. 2 folk tune
  3. 3 ballad
xù qǔ
  1. 1 overture
wān qū
  1. 1 to bend
  2. 2 to curve around
  3. 3 curved
  4. 4 crooked
  5. 5 to wind
  6. 6 to warp
xì qǔ
  1. 1 Chinese opera
niǔ qū
  1. 1 to twist
  2. 2 to warp
  3. 3 to distort
guǎi
  1. 1 to turn (a corner etc)
  2. 2 to kidnap
  3. 3 to swindle
  4. 4 to misappropriate
  5. 5 walking stick
  6. 6 crutch
  7. 7 seven (used as a substitute for 七[qī])
guǎi wān
  1. 1 to go round a curve
  2. 2 to turn a corner
  3. 3 fig. a new direction

Idioms (11)

拐弯抹角
guǎi wān mò jiǎo
  1. 1 lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to speak in a roundabout way
  3. 3 to equivocate
  4. 4 to beat about the bush
是非曲直
shì fēi qū zhí
  1. 1 lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom); fig. merits and demerits
  2. 2 pros and cons
曲突徙薪
qū tū xǐ xīn
  1. 1 lit. to bend the chimney and remove the firewood (to prevent fire) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take preventive measures
曲终奏雅
qǔ zhōng zòu yǎ
  1. 1 perfect finish (idiom)
曲肱而枕
qū gōng ér zhěn
  1. 1 lit. to use one's bent arm as a pillow (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. content with simple things
曲里拐弯
qū lǐ guǎi wān
  1. 1 winding and turning (idiom)
曲高和寡
qǔ gāo hè guǎ
  1. 1 difficult songs find few singers (idiom)
  2. 2 highbrow
异曲同工
yì qǔ tóng gōng
  1. 1 different tunes played with equal skill (idiom)
  2. 2 different methods leading to the same result
  3. 3 different approach but equally satisfactory outcome
盘旋曲折
pán xuán qū zhé
  1. 1 lit. windy and circuitous
  2. 2 difficult (idiom)
胳膊肘朝外拐
gē bo zhǒu cháo wài guǎi
  1. 1 the elbow turns the wrong way
  2. 2 to favor an outsider instead of someone on one's own side (idiom)
迂回曲折
yū huí qū zhé
  1. 1 meandering and circuitous (idiom); complicated developments that never get anywhere
  2. 2 going around in circles

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