闪烁其词 — Chinese idiom
闪烁其词
shǎn shuò qí cí
Traditional: 閃爍其詞
Meaning
- to speak evasively ; beating about the bush
Character by character
- 闪shǎnflash, lightning; to dodge, to evade
- 烁shuòto sparkle, to shine, to glitter
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 词cíphrase, expression; words, speech
Idioms sharing a character
- 震古烁今 zhèn gǔ shuò jīn
- 三缄其口 sān jiān qí kǒu
- 上下其手 shàng xià qí shǒu
- 不胜其苦 bù shèng qí kǔ
- 不厌其烦 bù yàn qí fán
- 不安其室 bù ān qí shì
- 不计其数 bù jì qí shù
- 人如其名 rén rú qí míng
- 任其自然 rèn qí zì rán
- 两全其美 liǎng quán qí měi
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