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Character Decomposition
拐=扌+另
Etymology
To take another 另 by force 扌
Meanings
to turn (a corner etc)
to kidnap
to swindle
to misappropriate
seven (used as a substitute for 七 qī)
cane
walking stick
crutch
old man's staff
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Words with 拐 65 total
cheekbone · ankle孤拐gū guǎito abduct; to kidnap诱拐yòu guǎito turn left (Shanghainese)大拐dà guǎito turn right (Shanghainese)小拐xiǎo guǎito be on crutches; to use a cane拄拐zhǔ guǎicrutch · (derog.) lame person · kidnapper拐子guǎi zito go round a curve · to turn a corner · fig. a new direction拐弯guǎi wāncrutches · crutch · walking stick拐杖guǎi zhàngcane · walking stick拐棍guǎi gùnto turn a corner · corner拐角guǎi jiǎohuman trafficking · to abduct and sell · to kidnap and sell拐卖guǎi màiswindle · abduct拐骗guǎi piàn
Idioms with 拐 7 total Chain
lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom) · fig. to speak in a roundabout way · to equivocate · to beat about the bush拐弯抹角guǎi wān mò jiǎo(idiom) to swindle, scam and deceive坑蒙拐骗kēng mēng guǎi piàn(idiom) twisting and turning · (idiom) tricky and complicated七弯八拐qī wān bā guǎiwinding and turning (idiom)曲里拐弯qū lǐ guǎi wān
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