旁敲侧击
pángqiāo-cèjīTraditional 旁敲側擊
to hint obliquely; to drop hints
Every meaning
pángqiāo-cèjī
- to hint obliquely; to drop hints
Its characters
- 旁pángside; beside
- 敲qiāoto knock; to beat; to strike
- 侧cèside
- 击jīto hit; to strike; to beat
Words with 旁
Words with 敲
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.