迂回曲折

yū huí qū zhé

Meaning

meandering and circuitous (idiom); complicated developments that never get anywhere; going around in circles

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迂yūabstruse, pedantic, unrealistic辶于回huíto return, to turn around; a time囗口曲qūcrooked, bent; wrong, false曰丨丨折zhéto break, to snap; to fold, to bend; to bow; humble扌斤