mó léng liǎng kě
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  • derogambiguous; (just) on the line; either corner will do -- equivocal

    • mó léng liǎng kě de tài du

      模棱两可态度

      take an equivocal attitude

    • mó léng liǎng kě de shuō fa

      模棱两可说法

      equivocal opinion

    • qǐ cǎo hé tong shí yīng bì miǎn mó léng liǎng kě de cí jù

      起草合同避免模棱两可词句

      Ambiguities should be avoided in writing a contract.

    • mó léng liǎng kě de tí fǎ

      模棱两可提法

      an ambiguous formulation

    • zài yuán zé wèn tí shang wǒ men bì xū tài du xiān míng jué duì bù néng mó léng liǎng kě

      原则问题我们必须态度鲜明绝对模棱两可

      On matters of principle we should be clear-cut in attitude, and by no means be equivocal.

    • tā lián xù de jiǎng xiē mó léng liǎng kě de huà ér bù shì zuò chū míng què de kěn dìng huò fǒu dìng de huí dá

      连续模棱两可作出明确肯定否定回答

      He kept making ambiguous remarks instead of straight forward yes-or-no replies.

    • wài jiāo dà chén de huà duì běn zhōu jiào zǎo shí hou fā biǎo de yī fèn mó léng liǎng kě de shēng míng zuò chū le chéng qīng

      外交大臣时候发表模棱两可声明作出澄清

      The foreign secretary's remarks clarify an ambiguous statement issued earlier this week.

Word usage

  • Note
    "模棱两可" cannot be written as "摸棱两可".