捉迷藏zhuō mí cángplay blindman’s buff; play hide-and-seek;be tricky and evasive; beat about the bush
❍ 你这人总是喜欢～。干嘛不直言不讳呢？ You always like to beat about the bush. Why don’t you call a spade a spade?/我们就象～似的，东山有敌人就转到西山。(王愿坚《普通劳动者》) We played hide-and seek with them,that is,when we found enemy troops in the east we shifted to the west. 捉迷藏❶play hide-and-seek;beat about the bush;hedge;be tricky and evasive
❷hide--and-seek;blindman’s bluff(or buff)
有话请直说，不要～。Get straight to the point and don’t hum and haw (or don’t beat about the bush). |