迟误
chí wù
Pinyin

Definition

迟误
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chí wù
  1. to delay
  2. to procrastinate

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

误
wù
  1. 1 mistake
  2. 2 error
  3. 3 to miss
  4. 4 to harm
  5. 5 to delay
  6. 6 to neglect
  7. 7 mistakenly
误会
wù huì
  1. 1 to misunderstand
  2. 2 to mistake
  3. 3 misunderstanding
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
迟
Chí
  1. 1 surname Chi
迟到
chí dào
  1. 1 to arrive late
迟早
chí zǎo
  1. 1 sooner or later
错误
cuò wù
  1. 1 error
  2. 2 mistake
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
  4. 4 mistaken
  5. 5 false
  6. 6 wrong
失误
shī wù
  1. 1 lapse
  2. 2 mistake
  3. 3 to make a mistake
  4. 4 fault
  5. 5 service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc)
姗姗来迟
shān shān lái chí
  1. 1 to be late
  2. 2 to arrive slowly
  3. 3 to be slow in the coming
延误
yán wu
  1. 1 to delay
  2. 2 to be held up
  3. 3 to miss (an opportunity)
  4. 4 delay
  5. 5 holdup
延迟
yán chí
  1. 1 to delay
  2. 2 to postpone
  3. 3 to keep putting sth off
  4. 4 to procrastinate
  5. 5 (computing) to lag
推迟
tuī chí
  1. 1 to postpone
  2. 2 to put off
  3. 3 to defer
耽误
dān wu
  1. 1 to delay
  2. 2 to hold up
  3. 3 to waste time
  4. 4 to interfere with
误事
wù shì
  1. 1 to hold things up
  2. 2 to make a botch of things
误伤
wù shāng
  1. 1 to injure accidentally
  2. 2 accidental injury
误区
wù qū
  1. 1 mistaken ideas
  2. 2 misconceptions
  3. 3 the error of one's ways
误导
wù dǎo
  1. 1 to mislead
  2. 2 to misguide
  3. 3 misleading
误机
wù jī
  1. 1 to miss a plane
误杀
wù shā
  1. 1 to mistakenly kill
  2. 2 manslaughter
误解
wù jiě
  1. 1 to misunderstand
  2. 2 to misread
  3. 3 misunderstanding
误点
wù diǎn
  1. 1 not on time
  2. 2 late (public transport, airlines)
  3. 3 overdue
  4. 4 behind schedule
  5. 5 delayed

Idioms (5)

磨刀不误砍柴工
mó dāo bù wù kǎn chái gōng
  1. 1 lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. time invested in preparations is not lost
  3. 3 a beard well lathered is half shaved
聪明反被聪明误
cōng míng fǎn bèi cōng míng wù
  1. 1 a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (idiom); cleverness may overreach itself
  2. 2 too smart for one's own good
船到江心，补漏迟
chuán dào jiāng xīn , bǔ lòu chí
  1. 1 It's too late to plug the leak once ship is in the middle of the river. (idiom)
误入歧途
wù rù qí tú
  1. 1 to take a wrong step in life (idiom)
  2. 2 to go astray
说时迟，那时快
shuō shí chí , nà shí kuài
  1. 1 (idiom) no sooner said than done
  2. 2 before you know it

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