full of twists and turns
Beat around the Bush, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Zhu ǎ NW ā nm ò Ji ǎ o, which means to walk along the winding road. It's a roundabout way of speaking. It's from Dong Tang Lao.
Analysis of Idioms
[synonym] circuitous, obscure, evasive and evasive [antonym] straightforward, straight to the point, outspoken
The origin of Idioms
In Yuan Dynasty, Qin Jianfu's dongtanglao: "if you beat around the Bush, you can come to the head of the Li family as early as possible."
Idiom usage
It has a derogatory meaning. In Sun Li's luhuadang: "the boat went into the deep of the reed pond in a roundabout way."
full of twists and turns
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