转腰子 zhuàn yāo zi

DEFINITIONS

  1. (coll.) to pace around nervously
  2. to speak indirectly
  3. to beat about the bush

CHARACTERS

转 zhuàn
HSK 4
shift, move, turn
腰 yāo
HSK 5
waist; kidney
子 zi
HSK 1
offspring, child; fruit, seed of; 1st terrestrial branch