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HSK
to postpone / to put off / to defer
HSK 4
to arrive late
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *遲* | 遲* | *遲
late / delayed / slow
HSK 5
to hesitate
HSK 7-9
late (with a task etc) / slow
HSK 7-9
sooner or later
HSK 7-9
delay / procrastination
at the latest
to delay / to postpone / to keep putting sth off / to procrastinate / (computing) to lag
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *遲* | 遲* | *遲
surname Chi
past one's prime
slow in one's reactions / sluggish (in movement or thought)
slow / sluggish
to delay
without the slightest hesitation
the lingering death / the death of a thousand cuts (old form of capital punishment)
the matter should not be delayed / there's no time to lose
to delay / to procrastinate
two-character surname Yuchi
late
variant of 差池
to delay handing over (payment, homework etc)
inactive / obtuse
General Yuchi Gong (585-658), famous military man instrumental in founding the Tang dynasty
(idiom) no sooner said than done / before you know it
amblygeustia / loss of food taste
if you live a life of crime, sooner or later you'll pay for it
to be late / to arrive slowly / to be slow in the coming
It's too late to plug the leak once ship is in the middle of the river. (idiom)
slow / late
Chi Haotian (1929-), Chinese Minister of National Defense 1993-2003
hysteresis
delayed lesion
(slang) slow to arrive but eventually shows up


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