曲里拐弯

Traditional form:

曲裡拐彎

Pinyin (reading):

qūlǐguǎiwān

Definitions:

• winding and turning (idiom)

Characters:

• 曲 - crooked, bent; wrong, false
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 拐 - to kidnap, to abduct; to turn; crutch
• 弯 - bend, curve, turn

Traditional characters:

• 曲 - crooked, bent; wrong, false
• 裡 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 拐 - to kidnap, to abduct; to turn; crutch
• 彎 - bend, curve, turn