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slowly / unhurriedly / little by little
HSK 7-9
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slow / unhurried / sluggish / gradual / not tense / relaxed / to postpone / to defer / to stall / to stave off / to revive / to recuperate
HSK 7-9
to defer / to postpone / to put off / to retard / to slow sth down
HSK 7-9
to slow down / to ease up / to abate / slowdown / downturn
to postpone
slow / sluggish
to brook no delay / to demand immediate action
mild / gentle / to ease up / to relax
to ease (tension) / to relax / to cause sth to relax / to alleviate / relaxed / easy and unhurried / leisurely / soothing / mild (slope)
level; almost flat; not strongly sloping / (fig.) moderate; mild-mannered; gentle
to slow down / to retard
to slow / to slow down (the pace of)
deferred death sentence / commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal)
low and unhurried (voice etc) / low and gently sloping (terrain)
to relax / to slacken / relaxation (in nuclear magnetic resonance)
to loosen
slow / sluggish / lazily / to slow down
to postpone / to extend
unhurried / deliberate
relieved / tensions relax
to relax / relaxed
bradycardia
not to hurry / to procrastinate / to postpone
relaxed / unhurried
joy depresses one's qi vital breath / an excess of joy may lead to sluggishness of vital energy (TCM)
dilatory / slow in movement / roundabout


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