打鼓不打面,旁敲侧击打鼓不打面,旁敲側擊打鼓不打面,旁敲側擊

beating a drum not on its face: striking from the side

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Raising an issue indirectly by hints rather than head-on.

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Simplified: 打鼓不打面,旁敲侧击
Traditional (Taiwan): 打鼓不打面,旁敲側擊
Pinyin: dǎgǔ bù dǎ miàn,pángqiāocèjī
Bopomofo: ㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄚˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ,ㄆㄤˊ ㄑㄧㄠㄘㄜˋ ㄐㄧ

Written with HSK 2 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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