支吾其词 — Chinese idiom
支吾其词
zhī wú qí cí
Traditional: 支吾其詞
Meaning
- to talk in a roundabout way to cover up the truth
- evasive
Character by character
- 支zhīto support, to sustain; to withdraw, to pay; a bra
- 吾wúI, my, our; to resist, to impede
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 词cíphrase, expression; words, speech
Idioms sharing a character
- 一木难支 yī mù nán zhī
- 支离破碎 zhī lí pò suì
- 乐不可支 lè bù kě zhī
- 空头支票 kōng tóu zhī piào
- 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
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