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旁敲侧击

/ páng qiāo cè jī /
Strokes

Definition

to make insinuations/to take an indirect approach (in making inquiries) (idiom)

Example

Definition

attack by innuendo; make oblique unfavourable references to; beat about the bush

1
Yǒu
huà
zhíshuō
直说
  
,
不必
pángqiāo
旁敲侧击
  

Be straightforward and don't beat about the bush.

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