遊花園

Chinese

	to roam; to wander	flower garden; garden
trad. (遊花園)	遊	花園
simp. (游花园)	游	花园
Literally: “to wander around the garden”.

遊⫽花園 (verb-object)

(Cantonese) to avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant; to beat around the bush
唔好帶人遊花園啦！ [Cantonese, trad.]
唔好带人游花园啦！ [Cantonese, simp.]
m⁴ hou² daai³ jan⁴ jau⁴ faa¹ jyun^4-2 laa¹! [Jyutping]
Stop beating around the bush!

Dialectal synonyms of 拐彎抹角 (“to speak in a roundabout way; to beat around the bush”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		拐彎抹角, 轉彎抹角, 兜圈子, 繞圈子, 繞彎子, 繞彎
Mandarin	Beijing	拐彎兒抹角兒, 轉彎兒抹角兒, 拐彎兒, 轉彎兒, 繞彎兒
	Taiwan	拐彎抹角
	Luoyang	拐彎兒抹角兒, 轉彎抹角
	Singapore	拐彎抹角
Cantonese	Hong Kong	轉彎抹角, 兜圈, 遊花園
Gan	Lichuan	拐彎抹角
Southern Min	Xiamen	彎來斡去, 踅玲瑯
	Zhangzhou	踅玲瑯
	Tainan	轉彎踅角, 彎來斡去, 彎彎斡斡, 踅玲瑯

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