To be dilatory and unforthcoming; to be evasive and not straightforward in speech or action.
他说话总是黏皮着骨，让人听不明白重点
He always speaks in an evasive and indirect manner, making it difficult for people to grasp the main point.
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Ancient
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It is said that during the Song Dynasty, Chao Wenyuan repeatedly asked the great recluse Liu Haichan how one could achieve immortality. Liu Haichan laughed heartily and said, "When has a person truly died, that you, sir, fear death and seek life? What can die is merely the physical form; that which does not perish with it is eternal. This principle is a common truth, but heretical doctrines explain it in a convoluted and indirect manner, making it hard to grasp."
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