兜圈子

dōuquānzi
  1. to encircle
  2. to go around
  3. to circle
  4. to beat about the bush

CEDICT

  1. (figurative) to beat around the bush
  2. to beat around the bush
  3. to circle; to go around in circles

Wiktionary

  1. 无事閒游。
  2. 说话不直截了当。

重編國語辭典

  1. 原地打转或走弯曲迂迴的路；无事閒逛
  2. 说话不直截了当

維基詞典

Entry Composition

=1 兜 dōu
  1. pocket
  2. bag
  3. to wrap up or hold in a bag
  4. to move in a circle
  5. to canvas or solicit
  6. to take responsibility for
  7. to disclose in detail
  8. combat armor (old)
=1 兜 dōu old variant of 兜 dōu
2 圈子 quānzi
  1. circle
  2. ring
  3. (social) circle

Related entries

围 wéi
  1. to encircle
  2. to surround
  3. all around
  4. to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl)
月球圍着地球轉。

The moon moves around the earth.

Source: Tatoeba

环抱 huánbào
  1. to encircle
  2. to surround
  3. to embrace
包围 bāowéi
  1. to surround
  2. to encircle
  3. to hem in
我們被包圍了。

We were surrounded.

Source: Tatoeba

围起 wéiqǐ
  1. to surround
  2. to encircle
  3. to enclose
  4. to fence in
拱抱 gǒngbào
  1. to enfold
  2. to encircle
萦绕 yíngrào
  1. to linger on
  2. to hover
  3. to encircle
我昨晚一整夜沒睡好，因為有許多事情縈繞在我的心頭。

I couldn't sleep well last night because there were lots of things on my mind.

Source: Tatoeba

转圈 zhuànquān
  1. to rotate
  2. to twirl
  3. to run around
  4. to encircle
  5. rotation
  6. (coll.) to speak indirectly
  7. to beat about the bush
环 huán
  1. ring
  2. hoop
  3. loop
  4. (chain) link
  5. classifier for scores in archery etc
  6. to surround
  7. to encircle
  8. to hem in
日本是个四面环海的国家。

Japan is a country surrounded by the sea on all sides.

Source: Tatoeba

徼 jiào
  1. boundary
  2. to go around
抹 mò
  1. to plaster
  2. to go around
  3. to skirt
他用手帕把手抹乾淨。

He wiped his hands on a handkerchief.

Source: Tatoeba

盘旋 pánxuán
  1. to spiral
  2. to circle
  3. to go around
  4. to hover
  5. to orbit
回 huí
  1. to circle
  2. to go back
  3. to turn around
  4. to answer
  5. to return
  6. to revolve
  7. Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)
  8. time
  9. classifier for acts of a play
  10. section or chapter (of a classic book)
回辦公室去。

Go back to the office.

Source: Tatoeba

翔回 xiánghuí to circle (in the sky)
周 zhōu
  1. to make a circuit
  2. to circle
  3. circle
  4. circumference
  5. lap
  6. cycle
  7. complete
  8. all
  9. all over
  10. thorough
  11. to help financially
这周我非常忙。

I'm very busy this week.

Source: Tatoeba

环绕 huánrào
  1. to surround
  2. to circle
  3. to revolve around
日本被海环绕着。

Japan is surrounded by sea.

Source: Tatoeba

框 kuàng
  1. frame (e.g. door frame)
  2. casing
  3. fig. framework
  4. template
  5. to circle (i.e. draw a circle around sth)
  6. to frame
  7. to restrict
  8. Taiwan pr. kuāng
我還記得很多年前有一次我在溫哥華的市中心過馬路，一個印第安女人看著我說道：「別笑！」我能從她的臉上看出異域的西方文化真的框住了她的生活。

Walking through the crosswalk in Downtown Vancouver, BC, many years ago, a Native Indian woman looked at my face and said, "Don't smile!" I could see on her face how foreign Occidental culture really strained her life.

Source: Tatoeba

绕圈子 ràoquānzi
  1. to go around in circles
  2. to make a detour
  3. (fig.) to beat about the bush
绕弯子 ràowānzi
  1. lit. to go on a long detour
  2. fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point
  3. to beat about the bush
绕弯子儿 ràowānzǐr
  1. lit. to go on a long detour
  2. fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point
  3. to beat about the bush
绕脖子 ràobózi
  1. tricky
  2. involved
  3. to beat about the bush
绕腾 ràoteng
  1. to run a long way around
  2. fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point
  3. to beat about the bush
转腰子 zhuànyāozi
  1. (coll.) to pace around nervously
  2. to speak indirectly
  3. to beat about the bush
拐弯抹角 guǎiwānmòjiǎo
  1. lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom)
  2. fig. to speak in a roundabout way
  3. to equivocate
  4. to beat about the bush