迂回曲折

to circle / to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return / to revolve / Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) / time / classifier for acts of a play / section or chapter (of a classic book)

回 = 口 + 囗 : Helga Horse (hu-) smuggled herself into the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (-ei2). She covered herself in an enclosure (囗) full of mandarins (口). Unfortunately, she missed one little detail: The box full of mandarins is to be shipped back (回) to China soon.

回

迴

huí = hu + ei2

to curve / to return / to revolve

回

逥

huí = hu + ei2

variant of 迴|回[hui2]

曲

qu̅ = qu + Ø1

surname Qu

曲

qu̅ = qu + Ø1

bent / crooked / wrong

曲

qǔ = qu + Ø3

tune / song / CL:支[zhi1]

曲 = 囗 + 卄 : Mnemonic symbol: a harp. Cupid (qu) is playing a harp (曲) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He's sitting on a big enclosure (囗), playing the harp (曲) and wielding a double axe (卄) at the same time.

曲

麯

qu̅ = qu + Ø1

variant of 麴|曲[qu1]

曲

麴

qu̅ = qu + Ø1

yeast / Aspergillus (includes many common molds) / Taiwan pr. [qu2]

曲

qu̅

折

zhé

winding / (fig.) complicated

折

shé = sh + e2

to snap / to break (a stick, a bone etc) / (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)

折

zhe̅ = zh + e1

to turn sth over / to turn upside down / to tip sth out (of a container)

折

zhé = zh + e2

to break / to fracture / to snap / to suffer loss / to bend / to twist / to turn / to change direction / convinced / to convert into (currency) / discount / rebate / tenth (in price) / classifier for theatrical scenes / to fold / accounts book

折 = 扌 + 斤 : James II of England (zh) wants to lift a pair of barbells (斤) in the elevator's kitchen (e2), but the barbells are very heavy. He tries to use toy claws (扌) and folding (折) knifes (mnemonic symbol for 折) as levers, but they both snap (折).

折

摺

zhé = zh + e2

variant of 折[zhe2] / to fold

Words with 迂回曲折

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Sentences with 迂回曲折

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