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Expression Profile · guai-wan-mo-jiao
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拐弯抹角

guǎi wān mò jiǎo
📊 Corpus Indexed: 6 clips
💡 Meaning:

Common spoken expression used by native Chinese speakers in daily life.

Spoken Idiom
Grammar Pattern: 📐 不用 →

[Scene: 商务沟通]

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林家只不过是拐弯抹角 使了些小手段
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林家只不过是 拐弯抹角 使了些小手段

(那是颇费了些心思 张公子) ── Previous context

“The Lin family merely played some petty tricks.”

《家业》 · 13:52
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[Scene: 其他场景]

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用得着这么拐弯抹角吗 我不是这个意思
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用得着这么 拐弯抹角 吗 我不是这个意思

(你不就是想说我们孩子成绩差 踢不踢球都一样) ── Previous context

“-Why beat around the bush? -That's not what I mean. [No Smoking]”

《灿如繁星》 · 36:59
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[Scene: 历史宫廷]

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就不必再这么拐弯抹角地
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就不必再这么 拐弯抹角 地

(端王殿下) ── Previous context

“just be straightforward”

《成何体统》 · 32:34
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[Scene: 社交聚会]

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这拐弯抹角的本事也跟我学的
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这 拐弯抹角 的本事也跟我学的

(行啊 话里有话是吧 怎么着) ── Previous context

“Did you learn beating around the bush from me, too?”

《爱情有烟火》 · 35:24
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