委曲

Mandarin · pinyin wěi qū

Meanings

  1. to feel wronged; to feel aggrieved
  2. (in set phrases such as 委曲求全 wěi qū qiú quán) to yield; to make concessions
  3. (literary) winding; tortuous; indirect
  4. (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

  1. curved; winding; meandering; sinuous; devious; tortuous

noun

  1. course of events; the full story

verb

  1. to resign oneself to

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Exact source record委曲 委曲 [wei3 qu1] /to feel wronged; to feel aggrieved/(in set phrases such as 委曲求全[wei3 qu1 qiu2 quan2]) to yield; to make concessions/(literary) winding; tortuous; indirect/(literary) detailed; elaborate/