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曲線

简曲线 · 繁曲線

Mandarin · pinyin qū xiàn

curve
curved line
indirect
in a roundabout way

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曲: qū · crooked, bent; wrong, false
線: Look up this written character
线: xiàn · line, thread, wire; clue

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1–4 · qu1 xian4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

kuk1 sin3

Cantonese word readings for 曲線. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

curve; bend; curl; curvature
(geometry) curve (Classifier: 條／条 m; 根 m)
curved contour; curves; curvaceous figure of a woman

adj

(attributive) indirect; roundabout; circuitous; inexplicit

verb

(Hong Kong Cantonese, chiefly Internet slang) to do something indirectly, usually in a mocking or ridiculing manner

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