Word information
Simplified闪烁其词
Traditional閃爍其詞
Pinyinshǎn shuò qí cí
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闪烁其词
shǎn shuò qí cí · to speak evasively (idiom); beating about the bush
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词cí
old variant of 詞|词[ci2]; word; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝[Song4 chao2] (CL:首[shou3])
词典cídiǎndictionary; also written 辭典|辞典[ci2 dian3]; CL:部[bu4],本[ben3]
其实qíshíactually; in fact; really
其他qítāother; (sth or sb) else; the rest
词语cíyǔword (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases); term (e.g. technical term); expression
其次qícìnext; secondly