绕弯
rào wān
Pinyin

Definition

绕弯
 - 
rào wān
  1. to go for a walk around
  2. fig. to speak in a roundabout way

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

围绕
wéi rào
  1. 1 to revolve around
  2. 2 to center on (an issue)
弯
wān
  1. 1 to bend
  2. 2 bent
  3. 3 a bend
  4. 4 a turn (in the road etc)
  5. 5 CL:道[dào]
弯曲
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
环绕
huán rào
  1. 1 to surround
  2. 2 to circle
  3. 3 to revolve around
绕
rào
  1. 1 to wind
  2. 2 to coil (thread)
  3. 3 to rotate around
  4. 4 to spiral
  5. 5 to move around
  6. 6 to go round (an obstacle)
  7. 7 to by-pass
  8. 8 to make a detour
  9. 9 to confuse
  10. 10 to perplex
转弯
zhuǎn wān
  1. 1 to turn
  2. 2 to go around a corner
弯弯
Wān wān
  1. 1 Wan Wan (1981-), Taiwanese blogger and cartoonist
弯腰
wān yāo
  1. 1 to stoop
弯路
wān lù
  1. 1 winding road
  2. 2 roundabout route
  3. 3 detour
  4. 4 (fig.) wrong way (of doing sth)
弯道
wān dào
  1. 1 winding road
  2. 2 road curve
拐弯
guǎi wān
  1. 1 to go round a curve
  2. 2 to turn a corner
  3. 3 fig. a new direction
萦绕
yíng rào
  1. 1 to linger on
  2. 2 to hover
  3. 3 to encircle
缭绕
liáo rào
  1. 1 to curl up
  2. 2 to linger on (sound)
绕口令
rào kǒu lìng
  1. 1 tongue-twister
绕行
rào xíng
  1. 1 detour
  2. 2 long way around
绕路
rào lù
  1. 1 to make a detour
  2. 2 to take the long route
绕过
rào guò
  1. 1 to detour
  2. 2 to bypass
  3. 3 to circumvent
  4. 4 to avoid
  5. 5 to wind around (of a road etc)
绕道
rào dào
  1. 1 to go by a roundabout route
  2. 2 to take a detour
  3. 3 (medicine or civil engineering) bypass
缠绕
chán rào
  1. 1 twisting
  2. 2 to twine
  3. 3 to wind
  4. 4 to pester
  5. 5 to bother
臂弯
bì wān
  1. 1 crook of the arm

Idioms (7)

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
曲里拐弯
qū lǐ guǎi wān
  1. 1 winding and turning (idiom)
绕来绕去
rào lái rào qù
  1. 1 meandering and circuitous (idiom); to go around in circles and never get anywhere
绕梁三日
rào liáng sān rì
  1. 1 reverberates around the rafters for three days (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
绕膝承欢
rào xī chéng huān
  1. 1 to live with one's parents, thus bringing them happiness (idiom)
余音绕梁
yú yīn rào liáng
  1. 1 reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
余响绕梁
yú xiǎng rào liáng
  1. 1 reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)

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