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

膝 rào xī (children) run around parent's knees; fig. to stay to look after one's elderly parents
膝承歡 rào xī chéng huān to live with one's parents, thus bringing them happiness (idiom)
行 rào xíng detour; long way around
路 rào lù to make a detour; to take the long route
過 rào guò to detour; to bypass; to circumvent; to avoid; to wind around (of a road etc)
道 rào dào to go by a roundabout route; to take a detour; (medicine or civil engineering) bypass
遠兒 rào yuǎn r the road twists here and there; to make a detour; to take a long way around
騰 rào teng to run a long way around; fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point; to beat about the bush
chán rào twisting; to twine; to wind; to pester; to bother
莖 chán rào jīng vine; twining stem
道 wèi rào dào gastric bypass
餘音梁 yú yīn rào liáng reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
餘響梁 yú xiǎng rào liáng reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
魂牽夢 hún qiān mèng rào to be captivated; to wonder; enchanting