"Detour" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 rào guò to detour / to bypass / to circumvent / to avoid / to wind around (of a road etc)
 wān lù winding road / roundabout route / detour / (fig.) wrong way (of doing sth)
 rào dào to go by a roundabout route / to take a detour / (medicine or civil engineering) bypass
 rào xíng to take a circular (or circuitous) route / to do a circuit / (of a planet) to orbit / (of a sailor) to circumnavigate / to take a detour / to bypass
 zhuǎn dào to make a detour / to go by way of
 rào lù to make a detour / to take the long route
 rào quān zi to go around in circles / to make a detour / (fig.) to beat about the bush
 rào wān zi lit. to go on a long detour / fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point / to beat about the bush
 rào variant of 繞|绕[rao4], to rotate around / to spiral / to move around / to go round (an obstacle) / to by-pass / to make a detour
 rào variant of 繞|绕, to rotate around / to spiral / to move around / to go round (an obstacle) / to by-pass / to make a detour
 rào wān zǐ r lit. to go on a long detour / fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point / to beat about the bush
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