隱晦曲折

隱晦曲折

Chinese

		vague; obscure	winding; tortuous; twisting and turning
trad. (隱晦曲折)		隱晦	曲折
simp. (隐晦曲折)		隐晦	曲折

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐnhuìqūzhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄑㄩ ㄓㄜˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yǐnhuìqūzhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄑㄩ ㄓㄜˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yyinhueychiujer
    • IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵/

Idiom

隱晦曲折

1. (of expressions) veiled and roundabout

   • 我們可以大聲疾呼，而不要隱晦曲折，使人民大眾不易看懂。 [MSC, trad.]
     我们可以大声疾呼，而不要隐晦曲折，使人民大众不易看懂。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1942, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《在延安文藝座談會上的講話》 (Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art), 毛澤東選集 (1991). English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Wǒmen kěyǐ dàshēngjíhū, ér bùyào yǐnhuìqūzhé, shǐ rénmín dàzhòng bùyì kàndǒng. [Pinyin]

     Here we can shout at the top of our voices and have no need for veiled and roundabout expressions, which are hard for the people to understand.