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IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
1 wānwan1to bend; bent; a bend; a turn (in the road etc); Classifiers:
2弯曲 彎曲 wān wan1 qu1to bend; to curve around; curved; crooked; to wind; to warp
3弯腰 彎腰 wān yāowan1 yao1to stoop
4年老腰弯 年老腰彎 nián lǎo yāo wānnian2 lao3 yao1 wan1to be bowed with age (colloquial)
5弯道超车 彎道超車 wān dào chāo chēwan1 dao4 chao1 che1to overtake on a bend (driving); (fig.) taking opportunity of tight corners to make swift progress (economy etc)
6弯道 彎道 wān dàowan1 dao4winding road; road curve
7U形转弯 U形轉彎 u xíng zhuǎn wānU xing2 zhuan3 wan1U-turn
8三弯九转 三彎九轉 sān wān jiǔ zhuànsan1 wan1 jiu3 zhuan4many twists and turns (idiom)
9绕弯子 繞彎子 rào wān zirao4 wan1 zi5lit. to go on a long detour; fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point; to beat about the bush
10绕弯子儿 繞彎子兒 rào wān rrao4 wan1 zi3 r5lit. to go on a long detour; fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point; to beat about the bush
11走弯路 走彎路 zǒu wān zou3 wan1 lu4to take an indirect route; to waste one's time by using an inappropriate method
12绕弯 繞彎 rào wānrao4 wan1to go for a walk around; fig. to speak in a roundabout way
13曲里拐弯 曲裡拐彎 guǎi wānqu1 li3 guai3 wan1winding and turning (idiom)
14掰弯 掰彎 bāi wānbai1 wan1to bend; (slang) to turn a straight person gay
15遛弯儿 遛彎兒 liù wān rliu4 wan1 r5erhua variant of 遛弯
16遛弯 遛彎 liù wānliu4 wan1(dialect) to take a walk; to go for a stroll
17脊椎侧弯 脊椎側彎 zhuī wānji3 zhui1 ce4 wan1scoliosis
18脊椎侧弯 脊柱側彎 zhù wānji3 zhu4 ce4 wan1scoliosis
19急转弯 急轉彎 zhuǎn wānji2 zhuan3 wan1to make a sudden turn
20拐弯儿 拐彎兒 guǎi wān rguai3 wan1 r5erhua variant of 拐弯
21拐弯抹角 拐彎抹角 guǎi wān jiǎoguai3 wan1 mo4 jiao3lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom); fig. to speak in a roundabout way; to equivocate; to beat about the bush
22拐弯处 拐彎處 guǎi wān chùguai3 wan1 chu4corner; bend
23拐弯 拐彎 guǎi wānguai3 wan1to go round a curve; to turn a corner; fig. a new direction
24港弯 港彎 gǎng wāngang3 wan1harbor
25存水弯 存水彎 cún shuǐ wāncun2 shui3 wan1trap (plumbing); U-bend