转弯抹角

Traditional form:

轉彎抹角

Pinyin (reading):

zhuǎnwānmòjiǎo

Definitions:

• see 拐彎抹角／拐弯抹角 (guǎiwānmòjiǎo)

Characters:

• 转 - to move, to convey; to turn, to revolve, to circle; to forward mail
• 弯 - bend, curve, turn
• 抹 - to apply; to erase, to smear, to wipe off
• 角 - angle, corner; horn, horn-shaped

Traditional characters:

• 轉 - to move, to convey; to turn, to revolve, to circle; to forward mail
• 彎 - bend, curve, turn
• 抹 - to apply; to erase, to smear, to wipe off
• 角 - angle, corner; horn, horn-shaped