支吾其词
支吾其词
zhī wú qí cí
(idiom) to talk in a roundabout way to cover up the truth; evasive
idiom
Traditional: 支吾其詞
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- (idiom) (idiom) to talk in a roundabout way to cover up the truth
- evasive
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Related Words
大道理(dà dào li)· major principle
→东掩西遮(dōng yǎn xī zhē)· to cover up the truth on all sides (idiom)
→一不做，二不休(yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū)· don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
→一丘之貉(yī qiū zhī hé)· jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
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