绕 (w)

(rào) to wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around; to spiral; to move around; to go round (an obstacle); to by-pass; to make a detour; to confuse; to perplex

绕来绕去 (w)

(ràoláiràoqù) meandering and circuitous (idiom); to go around in circles and never get anywhere

绕口令 (w)

(ràokǒulìng) tongue-twister

绕嘴 (w)

(ràozuǐ) hard to get one's mouth around; a tongue-twister

绕圈子 (w)

(ràoquānzi) to go on a long detour; fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point; to beat about the bush

绕地 (w)

(ràodì) to orbit the earth

绕射 (w)

(ràoshè) interference (of wave motion in physics)

绕弯 (w)

(ràowān) to go for a walk around; fig. to speak in a roundabout way

绕弯儿 (w)

(ràowānr) to go for a walk around; fig. to speak in a roundabout way

绕弯子 (w)

(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

绕弯子儿 (w)

(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

绕手 (w)

(ràoshǒu) thorny issue; tricky case

绕梁三日 (w)

(ràoliángsānrì) reverberates around the rafters for three days (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)

绕流 (w)

(ràoliú) turbulence (in fluid mechanics)

绕组 (w)

(ràozǔ) coil (in electric motor or transformer)

绕绕 (w)

(ràorào) twisting and turning; involved and tricky

绕脖子 (w)

(ràobózi) tricky; involved; to beat about the bush

绕膝 (w)

(ràoxī) (children) run around parent's knees; fig. to stay to look after one's elderly parents

绕膝承欢 (w)

(ràoxīchénghuān) to live with one’s parents thus bringing them happiness (idiom)

绕行 (w)

(ràoxíng) detour; long way around

绕路 (w)

(ràolù) to make a detour; to take the long route

绕过 (w)

(ràoguò) to detour; to bypass; to circumvent; to avoid; to wind around (of a road etc)

绕道 (w)

(ràodào) roundabout route; detour

绕远儿 (w)

(ràoyuǎnr) the road twists here and there; to make a detour; to take a long way around

绕腾 (w)

(ràoteng) to run a long way around; fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point; to beat about the bush