| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 灌木 | 灌木 | guànmù | - bush - shrub |
| 矮树 | 矮樹 | ǎishù | - short tree - bush - shrub |
| 布什 | 布什 | Bùshí | - Bush (name) - George H.W. Bush, US president 1988-1992 - George W. Bush, US President 2000-2008 |
| 搪塞 | 搪塞 | tángsè | - to muddle through - to fob somebody off - to beat around the bush - to dodge |
| 绕腾 | 繞騰 | ràoteng | - to run a long way around - fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point - to beat about the bush |
| 转圈 | 轉圈 | zhuànquān | - to rotate - to twirl - to run around - to encircle - rotation - (coll.) to speak indirectly - to beat about the bush |
| 野火 | 野火 | yěhuǒ | - wildfire - (spreading like) wildfire - bush fire - farm fire (for clearing fields) |
| 兜圈子 | 兜圈子 | dōuquānzi | - to encircle - to go around - to circle - to beat about the bush |
| 绕圈子 | 繞圈子 | ràoquānzi | - to go around in circles - to make a detour - (fig.) to beat about the bush |
| 绕弯子 | 繞彎子 | ràowānzi | - lit. to go on a long detour - fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point - to beat about the bush |
| 绕脖子 | 繞脖子 | ràobózi | - tricky - involved - to beat about the bush |
| 转腰子 | 轉腰子 | zhuànyāozi | - (coll.) to pace around nervously - to speak indirectly - to beat about the bush |
| 拐弯抹角 | 拐彎抹角 | guǎiwānmòjiǎo | - lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom) - fig. to speak in a roundabout way - to equivocate - to beat about the bush |
| 绕弯子儿 | 繞彎子兒 | ràowānzǐr | - lit. to go on a long detour - fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point - to beat about the bush |
| 转弯抹角 | 轉彎抹角 | zhuǎnwānmòjiǎo | - lit. (of road) winding and turning (idiom); to speak in a roundabout way - to equivocate - to beat about the bush |
| 转变抹角 | 轉變抹角 | zhuǎnbiànmòjiǎo | - lit. (of road) winding and turning (idiom); to speak in a roundabout way - to equivocate - to beat about the bush |
| 闪烁其词 | 閃爍其詞 | shǎnshuòqící | - to speak evasively (idiom); beating about the bush |
| 打开天窗说亮话 | 打開天窗說亮話 | dǎkāitiānchuāngshuōliànghuà | - not to mince words - not to beat about the bush |
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