Tā shuōhuà zǒngshì guǎiwānmòjiǎo, ràng rén mōbuzháotóunǎo.
He always speaks in a roundabout way, leaving people confused.
Tips
history
Literally 'going around curves and skirting corners' — originally described winding roads and alleys. The figurative meaning of indirect speech evolved from the image of taking a roundabout path instead of going straight.
mistakes
The 抹 here is pronounced mò (4th tone), not mā or mǒ. This is a special reading used only in this idiom.
