How to say "他们看似舍近求远" (tā men kàn shì shě jìn qiú yuǎn) in Chinese dialogue

tā他men们kàn看shì似shě舍jìn近qiú求yuǎn远

They seemed to go the long way around

Idioms & Colloquial Expressions
INTERACTIVE SCRIPT TIMELINE
LINE 0127:49
shǒu yào yán chá fēng suǒ de bì rán shì lí wàn ān gèng jìn de dōng mén首要严查封锁的 必然是离万安更近的东门

“The first to be sealed off would surely be the East Gate, closer to Wan'an.”

LINE 0227:55
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tā他men们kàn看shì似shě舍jìn近qiú求yuǎn远

“They seemed to go the long way around”

LINE 0327:57
shí zé shì bì zhòng jiù qīng gāo wén huàn de qīn wèi shuō实则是避重就轻 高文焕的亲卫说

“but were avoiding the main risk. Gao Wenhuan's personal guard said”

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Source MediaTV Series
Season & EpisodeS1 E14
Timestamp27:55
TMDB ID292696 →