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旁敲侧击

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旁敲侧击的办法
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旁敲侧击地提醒人家
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不必旁敲侧击
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对……

Definition

旁敲侧击

Literally means:

attacking on or beating the sides

Actually means:

Literally it means attacking on or beating the sides. It figuratively means beating about the bush when one wants to express a point that is not suitable to stated directly.

在旁边和侧面敲打。比喻写文章或说话时不正面直接表明意思,而是从侧面曲折地把意思表达出来。多指不便直接指出。

Example

Used as predicate, adverbial adjunct or attributive. (作谓语、状语、定语)
1
guàn
习惯于
zhíláizhí
直来直去
  
,
yòngbuzháo
用不着
duì
pángqiāo
旁敲侧击
  
,
háishi
还是
zhíjiéledāng
直截了当
shuō
  

He's used to coming and going, you don't have to knock him on the side, or say it straight.

2
shì
cōngmingrén
聪明人
  
,
pángqiāo
旁敲侧击
diǎn
地点
xià
  
,
jiù
huì
míngbai
明白
de
si
意思
  

He's a smart guy, and if you knock on the side, he'll see what you mean.

3
Rén
zǒngshì
总是
àimiànzi
爱面子
de
  
,
yòng
pángqiāo
旁敲侧击
de
bàn
办法
xǐng
提醒
huò
píng
批评
rénjiā
人家
  
,
xiàoguǒ
效果
wǎngwǎng
往往
huì
gēng
hǎo
  

People always love face, with side-knocking methods to remind or criticize others, the effect will often be better.

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