rào tengdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to run a long way around / fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point / to beat about the bush
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Original source entry:

繞騰 绕腾 [rao4 teng5] /to run a long way around/fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point/to beat about the bush/

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绕腾
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