迂回曲折

Traditional form:

迂回曲折

Pinyin (reading):

yūhuíqūzhé

Definitions:

• meandering and circuitous (idiom); complicated developments that never get anywhere
• going around in circles

Characters:

• 迂 - abstruse, pedantic, unrealistic
• 回 - to return, to turn around; a time
• 曲 - crooked, bent; wrong, false
• 折 - to break, to snap; to fold, to bend; to bow; humble

Traditional characters:

• 迂 - abstruse, pedantic, unrealistic
• 回 - to return, to turn around; a time
• 曲 - crooked, bent; wrong, false
• 折 - to break, to snap; to fold, to bend; to bow; humble