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曲里拐弯
qū lǐ guǎi wān
Pinyin
Definition
曲里拐弯
-
qū lǐ guǎi wān
winding and turning (idiom)
Character Decomposition
曲
二
凵
里
里
拐
扌
口
力
弯
亠
丨
亅
八
弓
Related Words
(20)
单曲
dān qǔ
1
single (recording industry)
曲
Qū
1
surname Qu
歌曲
gē qǔ
1
song
交响曲
jiāo xiǎng qǔ
1
symphony
作曲
zuò qǔ
1
to compose (music)
作曲家
zuò qǔ jiā
1
composer
2
songwriter
催眠曲
cuī mián qǔ
1
lullaby
协奏曲
xié zòu qǔ
1
concerto
名曲
míng qǔ
1
famous song
2
well-known piece of music
圆舞曲
yuán wǔ qǔ
1
waltz
夜曲
yè qǔ
1
nocturne (music)
奏鸣曲
zòu míng qǔ
1
sonata
委曲
wěi qū
1
sinuous
2
devious
3
full details of a story
4
to stoop
小曲
xiǎo qǔ
1
popular song
2
folk tune
3
ballad
序曲
xù qǔ
1
overture
弯曲
wān qū
1
to bend
2
to curve around
3
curved
4
crooked
5
to wind
6
to warp
戏曲
xì qǔ
1
Chinese opera
扭曲
niǔ qū
1
to twist
2
to warp
3
to distort
拐
guǎi
1
to turn (a corner etc)
2
to kidnap
3
to swindle
4
to misappropriate
5
walking stick
6
crutch
7
seven (used as a substitute for 七[qī])
拐弯
guǎi wān
1
to go round a curve
2
to turn a corner
3
fig. a new direction
Idioms
(11)
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
是非曲直
shì fēi qū zhí
1
lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom); fig. merits and demerits
2
pros and cons
曲突徙薪
qū tū xǐ xīn
1
lit. to bend the chimney and remove the firewood (to prevent fire) (idiom)
2
fig. to take preventive measures
曲终奏雅
qǔ zhōng zòu yǎ
1
perfect finish (idiom)
曲肱而枕
qū gōng ér zhěn
1
lit. to use one's bent arm as a pillow (idiom)
2
fig. content with simple things
曲里拐弯
qū lǐ guǎi wān
1
winding and turning (idiom)
曲高和寡
qǔ gāo hè guǎ
1
difficult songs find few singers (idiom)
2
highbrow
异曲同工
yì qǔ tóng gōng
1
different tunes played with equal skill (idiom)
2
different methods leading to the same result
3
different approach but equally satisfactory outcome
盘旋曲折
pán xuán qū zhé
1
lit. windy and circuitous
2
difficult (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)
迂回曲折
yū huí qū zhé
1
meandering and circuitous (idiom); complicated developments that never get anywhere
2
going around in circles
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