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迂回曲折

yū huí qū zhé

4-character word

What 迂回曲折 means

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

The characters in 迂回曲折

• 迂yūliteral-minded; pedantic; doctrinaire
• 回huíto go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer…
• 曲qǔtune; song
• 折zhéto break; to fracture; to snap

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