侧击 (对敌人侧方的攻击) flank attack; make a flank attack on 侧击敌人 attack the enemy in the flank; 旁敲侧击 make oblique reference [innuendoes; sly injurious remarks]; 侧击机构 all-way device; 侧击球 bricole
旁敲侧击 attack by innuendo; approach a subject without coming straight to the point; beat about [around] the bush; by means of devious questioning; by-stroke; fool round the stump; in a roundabout way; make a veiled attack; make innuendoes; make oblique references to; make oblique thrust(s)