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  *推* | 推* | *推
to push / to cut / to refuse / to reject / to decline / to shirk (responsibility) / to put off / to delay / to push forward / to nominate / to elect / massage
HSK 2
timely; at the right time / promptly; without delay
HSK 3
hurriedly / without delay
HSK 3
to prolong / to extend / to delay
HSK 4
(of trains etc) late / delayed / behind schedule / light dinner
HSK 4
to delay / to extend / to postpone / to defer
HSK 4
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  *迟* | 迟* | *迟
late / delayed / slow
HSK 5
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  *挨* | 挨* | *挨
to suffer; to endure / to pull through (hard times) / to delay; to stall; to play for time; to dawdle
HSK 6
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  *拖* | 拖* | *拖
to drag / to tow / to trail / to hang down / to mop (the floor) / to delay / to drag on
HSK 6
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  *误* | 误* | *误
mistake / error / to miss / to harm / to delay / to neglect / mistakenly
HSK 6
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  *淹* | 淹* | *淹
to flood / to submerge / to drown / to irritate the skin (of liquids) / to delay
HSK 7-9
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  *延* | 延* | *延
to prolong / to extend / to delay
HSK 7-9
to delay / to put off / to procrastinate
HSK 7-9
to delay / to hold up / to waste time / to interfere with
HSK 7-9
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  *耗* | 耗* | *耗
to waste / to spend / to consume / to squander / news / (coll.) to delay / to dilly-dally
HSK 7-9
(idiom) unable to hold oneself back; eager to do sth without delay
HSK 7-9
to tarry / to delay / to stop over
HSK 7-9
to do what needs to be done, without delay
HSK 7-9
to delay / to postpone / to keep putting sth off / to procrastinate / (computing) to lag
to need urgently; to need doing without delay
delay / procrastination
to postpone / to defer / to delay
to brook no delay / to demand immediate action
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  *耽* | 耽* | *耽
to indulge in / to delay
energy to continue after the initial phase of an activity / delayed effect
to delay
to buy on credit / to delay payment
not on time / late (public transport, airlines) / overdue / behind schedule / delayed
the matter should not be delayed / there's no time to lose
delaying tactics; stalling; measures to stave off an attack; stratagem to win a respite
to affect adversely / to delay or hinder / to waste (an opportunity) / to mislead
to watch the fires burning across the river / to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves (idiom)
long delay
to escort (goods) during transportation / to delay unloading (a truck, train etc)
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  *佻* | 佻* | *佻
frivolous / unsteady / delay
to disobey and cause delays / to obstruct and procrastinate
to delay / to procrastinate
to postpone / to delay
to delay / to procrastinate
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  *奄* | 奄* | *奄
variant of 閹|阉 / to castrate / variant of / to delay
(formal) to delay / to miss a deadline / to fail to do sth at the appointed time
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  *悮* | 悮* | *悮
to impede / to delay / variant of 誤|误
(electronics) delay; latency
to delay handing over (payment, homework etc)
to delay / to postpone
sluggish / delaying
delaying tactics
cetane number (quality of light diesel fuel, measured by its ignition delay)
to postpone / to delay / to put sth off
delaying tactics / deliberate procrastination
to delay; to procrastinate; to play for time
to pester / to bother sb incessantly / to delay / to prevaricate
camera self-timer (for delayed shutter release)
travel insurance covering flight delay, baggage loss etc (abbr. for 旅遊不便保險|旅游不便保险)
delayed action
(proverb) A lazy person will find many excuses to delay working / lit. When a lazy donkey is turning a grindstone, it takes a lot of time off for peeing and pooing
to obstruct / to be a drag on sb / to delay finishing off a job
not to delay making a decision when a decision is needed
delayed neutron
camera self-timer mode (for delayed shutter release)
delayed lesion


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