giáo đầu
Pronunciation
Northern
/zaːw˧˥ ɗə̤w˨˩/
Central
/ja̰ːw˩˧ ɗəw˧˧/
Southern
/jaːw˧˥ ɗəw˨˩/
Listen
beat around the bush
Verb
beat around the bush
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Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
beat around the bush
To talk about something in an indirect or roundabout way instead of getting straight to the point.
vi Anh đừng giáo đầu nữa mà hãy nói thẳng vào vấn đề.
en Stop beating around the bush and get straight to the point.
Parts
giáo / đầu / 教頭
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Parts
giáo / đầu / 教頭
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
教頭
Candidates by syllable
giáo
教
đầu
頭
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
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Similar
giao đấu / giáo dục / giáo / giáo thuyết …
Use
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Use
thầy giáo / giáo sư / cô giáo / giáo viên …