顾左右而言他
Traditional form:
顧左右而言他
Pinyin (reading):
gùzuǒyòu'éryántā
Definitions:
- (idiom) to digress from the topic of discussion
Characters:
- 顾 - to look back; to look at; to look after
- 左 - left; unorthodox, improper
- 右 - right; right-wing
- 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
- 言 - words, speech; to speak, to say
- 他 - other, another; he, she, it
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