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委曲

Mandarin · pinyin wěi qū

to feel wronged; to feel aggrieved
(in set phrases such as 委曲求全 wěi qū qiú quán) to yield; to make concessions
(literary) winding; tortuous; indirect
(literary) detailed; elaborate

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委: wěi · appoint, send, commission
曲: qū · crooked, bent; wrong, false

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3–1 · wei3 qu1

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adj

curved; winding; meandering; sinuous; devious; tortuous

noun

course of events; the full story

verb

to resign oneself to

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