绕远 (rǎo) — to go the long way around, to take a detour
Definition
A separable verb meaning 'to take a detour / go the long way around' — you split it as 绕了一个远, with 远 acting as a measure of the detour's extent.
verb
to go the long way aroundto take a detour
Examples
- ，绕远。Bié zǒu nà biān, nà huì rǎo.Don't go that way — it'll be a detour.
- ，。Wèi le bì kāi dǔ chē, wǒ men rào le yí gè yuǎn.To avoid the traffic jam, we took a detour.
- ？Cóng zhè tiáo lù zǒu huì bú huì rào tài yuǎn?Would going this road be too much of a detour?
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