rào rǎo

entwine; wind around; surround

DEFINITIONS

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
  • variant of 繞|绕[rao4], to rotate around

WORDS

juǎn rào to wind; to coil; to spool; to loop around; winding
huí rào winding
wéi rào to revolve around; to center on (an issue)
xuán rào to curl up; to wind around
huán rào to surround; to circle; to revolve around
pán rào to coil (around sth); to twine; to weave (basketwork)
yíng rào to linger on; to hover; to encircle
liáo rào to curl up; to linger on (sound)
一圈 rào yī quān to go around one time; to do a circuit
去 rào lái rào qù meandering and circuitous (idiom); to go around in circles and never get anywhere
口令 rào kǒu lìng tongue-twister
嘴 rào zuǐ hard to get one's mouth around; a tongue-twister
圈子 rào quān zi to go around in circles; to make a detour; (fig.) to beat about the bush
地 rào dì to orbit the earth
射 rào shè interference (of wave motion in physics)
彎 rào wān to go for a walk around; fig. to speak in a roundabout way
彎兒 rào wān r to go for a walk around; fig. to speak in a roundabout way
彎子 rào wān zi lit. to go on a long detour; fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point; to beat about the bush
彎子兒 rào wān zǐ r lit. to go on a long detour; fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point; to beat about the bush
手 rào shǒu thorny issue; tricky case
梁三日 rào liáng sān rì reverberates around the rafters for three days (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
流 rào liú turbulence (in fluid mechanics)
組 rào zǔ coil (in electric motor or transformer)
rào rào twisting and turning; involved and tricky
脖子 rào bó zi tricky; involved; to beat about the bush
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