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Traditional
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Simplified
HSK
roundabout route / circuitous / tortuous / to outflank / indirect / roundabout
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *迂* | 迂* | *迂
literal-minded / pedantic / doctrinaire / longwinded / circuitous
unrealistic / pedantic and impractical
pedantic / trite / inflexible / adherence to old ideas
dilatory / slow in movement / roundabout
stupid / impractical
absurd opinion / pedantic and unrealistic view
unrealistic argument / high flown and impractical opinion
high sounding and impractical / high flown nonsense
circuitous / tortuous / roundabout
pedantry
pedant / old fogey
impractical
conventional / conservative
meandering and circuitous (idiom); complicated developments that never get anywhere / going around in circles
overcautious / conservative and dull in conversation
high-sounding and impractical
sluggish / delaying
to attack from an unexpected direction
pedantic and stubborn


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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