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Definition(s) for: 迂回曲折

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
迂回曲折 yū huí qū zhé - meandering and circuitous (idiom); complicated developments that never get anywhere
- going around in circles

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 70,180 44,226

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
迂 yū- literal-minded
- pedantic
- doctrinaire
- longwinded
- circuitous
回 huí- to circle
- to go back
- to turn around
- to answer
- to return
- to revolve
- Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)
- time
- classifier for acts of a play
- section or chapter (of a classic book)
回 huí- to curve
- to return
- to revolve
回 huí- variant of 迴|回[hui2]
曲 qū- surname Qu
曲 qū- bent
- crooked
- wrong
曲 qǔ- tune
- song
- CL:支[zhi1]
曲 qū- variant of 麴|曲[qu1]
曲 qū- fermentation starter; leaven (molds, yeasts or bacteria used in fermenting soy products or brewing etc)
- Taiwan pr. [qu2]
折 shé- to snap
- to break (a stick, a bone etc)
- (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
折 zhē- to turn sth over
- to turn upside down
- to tip sth out (of a container)
折 zhé- to break
- to fracture
- to snap
- to suffer loss
- to bend
- to twist
- to turn
- to change direction
- convinced
- to convert into (currency)
- discount
- rebate
- tenth (in price)
- classifier for theatrical scenes
- to fold
- accounts book
折 zhé- variant of 折[zhe2]
- to fold

Other Words Containing 迂回曲折

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo