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繞遠兒
绕远儿
rào
yuǎn
r
to go the long way round
to take a circuitous route
(of a route) circuitous
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Entry Composition
1
繞
rào
to wind
to coil (thread)
to rotate around
to spiral
to move around
to go round (an obstacle)
to by-pass
to make a detour
to confuse
to perplex
2
遠
yuǎn
far
distant
remote
(intensifier in a comparison) by far
much (lower etc)
3
兒
r
non-syllabic diminutive suffix
retroflex final
Related entries
宛轉
wǎn
zhuǎn
sinuous
meandering
to take a circuitous route
to toss about
vicissitudes
variant of
婉轉
wǎn
zhuǎn
迂曲
yū
qū
circuitous
tortuous
roundabout
迂迴
yū
huí
roundabout route
circuitous
tortuous
to outflank
indirect
roundabout
迂
yū
literal-minded
pedantic
doctrinaire
longwinded
circuitous