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转圈 zhuàn quān to rotate / to twirl / to run around / to encircle / rotation / (coll.) to speak indirectly / to beat about the bush
乔木 qiáo tree, esp. with recognizable trunk (as opposed to 灌木[guan4 mu4], bush or shrub)
chǔ distinct / clear / orderly / pain / suffering / deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex) / punishment cane (old)
搪塞 táng to muddle through / to fob sb off / to beat around the bush / to dodge
布什 shí Bush (name) / George H.W. Bush (1924-2018), US president 1988-1992 / George W. Bush (1946-), US President 2000-2008
灌木 guàn bush / shrub
拐弯抹角 guǎi wān jiǎo lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom) / fig. to speak in a roundabout way / to equivocate / to beat about the bush
巴豆 dòu croton (Croton tiglium), evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科[da4 ji3 ke1] / croton seed, a strong purgative
草木皆兵 cǎo jiē bīng lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom); fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy / to feel beleaguered
野火 huǒ wildfire / (spreading like) wildfire / bush fire / farm fire (for clearing fields)
闪烁其词 shǎn shuò to speak evasively (idiom); beating about the bush
zhuó thick grass / "bush" component in Chinese characters
绕腾 rào teng to run a long way around / fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point / to beat about the bush
矮树 ǎi shù short tree / bush / shrub
甜菊 tián Stevia, South American sunflower genus / sugarleaf (Stevia rebaudiana), bush whose leaves produce sugar substitute
兜圈子 dōu quān zi to encircle / to go around / to circle / to beat about the bush
锥套 zhuī tào taper bushing
婴猴 yīng hóu galago; bush baby
打开天窗说亮话 kāi tiān chuāng shuō liàng huà (let's) not mince words; (let's) not beat about the bush
恙虫病 yàng chóng bìng (medicine) scrub typhus; bush typhus; tsutsugamushi disease
绕圈子 rào quān zi to go around in circles / to make a detour / (fig.) to beat about the bush
强脚树莺 qiáng jiǎo shù yīng (bird species of China) brown-flanked bush warbler (Horornis fortipes)
金色林鸲 jīn lín (bird species of China) golden bush robin (Tarsiger chrysaeus)
白喉石䳭 bái hóu shí (bird species of China) white-throated bush chat (Saxicola insignis)
绕弯子 rào wān zi lit. to go on a long detour / fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point / to beat about the bush


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