犄角旮旯

Chinese

		to divide one's military forces into two separate groups so that one can attack on two different fronts	corner; remote or narrow place
simp. and trad. (犄角旮旯)		犄角	旮旯
alt. forms		犄角旯旮犄里旮旯犄里旯旮

犄角旮旯

(dialectal, colloquial) every nook and corner; every nook and cranny
- 我犄角旮旯都找遍了，還是找不見那本書。 [MSC, trad.]
  我犄角旮旯都找遍了，还是找不见那本书。 [MSC, simp.]
  Wǒ jījiǎogālá dōu zhǎo biàn le, háishì zhǎo bùjiàn nà běn shū. [Pinyin]
  I've searched every nook and corner, but still couldn't find that book.

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