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Daily Figurative Slang 19

dōu
quān


Go around in circles


jiě
shì


huò
xǔ
yǒu
guò
zhè
yàng
de
jīng


qù

gè
mò
shēng
de
chéng
shì
chū
chà
huò

yóu

bèi
chū
zū


dài
zhāo
zài
mò
shēng
de
chéng
shì

dào
chǔ
zhuǎn
quān
ér

jié
guǒ

mái
yuàn

zěn
me
zhè
me
yuǎn

huò
zhě

zěn
me
dǔ
chē
zhè
me

hài



ér


gāo
gāo
xìng
xìng
dè
shōu
le

de
qián

shuō

xiè
xiè


nā
wèi


dài
zhāo

dōu
quān

le

rú
guǒ

hé
rén
dǎ
jiāo
dào
huò
tán
huà


gǎn
dào


bèi
rén
lǐng
zhāo
zǒu
le
tài
duō
de
wān
lù

nā
tā
jìu
shì
zài
gēn

dōu
quān

le


[sound]Explaination: You may have had such an experience that when you travel to a new city for vacation or a business trip, the taxi driver takes you around and around.You complain about the long distance or the terrible traffic jam, but the driver is very happy to say "thank you" when you paid. That driver took you “around in circles,” on purpose. You can get the same feeling when talking with someone, you know he’s beating around the bush.
Ex.: Just say, whatever it is you want to say. Don't beat about the bush.
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yǒu
shí
me
huà
jìu
zhí
shuō

bù
yào
gēn
wǒ
dōu
quān



Ex.: Just speak out  whatever you want to say. Don't beat about the bush.

dìng
xīn
wán

Mind-easing pill


jiě
shì

dìng
xīn
wán
shì

zhǒng
zhōng
chéng
yào

chī
le
kě

shǐ
使
rén
xīn
ān

ràng
zhāo

shàng
huǒ
de
rén
ān
dìng
xià
lái

nā
zhǒng
bàn
fǎ
jìu
shì
ràng
rén
chī
dìng
xīn
wán


Explaination: This is a kind of "Chinese medicine" that helps ease people's mind. For someone who is vexed and worried, anything that is capable of setting his mind at ease can be called an "mind-easing pill"..








yù
lán
tóng

wǔ

jié
hūn

zhōng
yú
ràng
dà
shān
chī
le

kē
dìng
xīn
wán


Ex.: Yu Lan finally agreed to marry Da Shan on the first of May, letting him take a "mind-easing pill".


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