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Here, we present the idiom 「曲裏拐彎」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.

Describes something with many bends.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

qǔ lǐ guǎi wān

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

kuk1 leui5 gwaai2 waan1/waang1

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