旁敲侧击
Traditional form:
旁敲側擊
Pinyin (reading):
pángqiāocèjī
Definitions:
- to make insinuations
- to take an indirect approach (in making inquiries) (idiom)
Characters:
- 旁 - side; beside, close, nearby
- 敲 - to hammer, to pound, to strike
- 侧 - side; to slant, to lean, to incline
- 击 - to strike, to hit, to beat; to attack, to fight
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