曲里拐弯 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• winding and turning

Character by character

• 曲qūcrooked, bent; wrong, false
• 里lǐunit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 拐guǎito kidnap, to abduct; to turn; crutch
• 弯wānbend, curve, turn

Idioms sharing a character

• 是非曲直 shì fēi qū zhí
• 曲突徙薪 qū tū xǐ xīn
• 曲终奏雅 qǔ zhōng zòu yǎ
• 曲肱而枕 qū gōng ér zhěn
• 曲高和寡 qǔ gāo hè guǎ
• 异曲同工 yì qǔ tóng gōng
• 盘旋曲折 pán xuán qū zhé
• 迂回曲折 yū huí qū zhé
• 一日千里 yī rì qiān lǐ
• 千里迢迢 qiān lǐ tiáo tiáo

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