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推延
tuī yán
Pinyin
Definition
推延
-
tuī yán
to procrastinate
Character Decomposition
推
扌
隹
延
廴
㇒
止
Related Words
(20)
推荐
tuī jiàn
1
to recommend
2
recommendation
延伸
yán shēn
1
to extend
2
to spread
延安
Yán ān
1
Yan'an prefecture level city in Shaanxi, communist headquarters during the war
延津
Yán jīn
1
Yanjin county in Xinxiang 新鄉|新乡[Xīn xiāng], Henan
延缓
yán huǎn
1
to defer
2
to postpone
3
to put off
4
to retard
5
to slow sth down
延续
yán xù
1
to continue
2
to go on
3
to last
延误
yán wu
1
to delay
2
to be held up
3
to miss (an opportunity)
4
delay
5
holdup
延迟
yán chí
1
to delay
2
to postpone
3
to keep putting sth off
4
to procrastinate
5
(computing) to lag
延长
Yán cháng
1
Yanchang county in Yan'an 延安[Yán ān], Shaanxi
拖延
tuō yán
1
to delay
2
to put off
3
to procrastinate
推
tuī
1
to push
2
to cut
3
to refuse
4
to reject
5
to decline
6
to shirk (responsibility)
7
to put off
8
to delay
9
to push forward
10
to nominate
11
to elect
12
massage
推介
tuī jiè
1
promotion
2
to promote
3
to introduce and recommend
推倒
tuī dǎo
1
to push over
2
to overthrow
推出
tuī chū
1
to push out
2
to release
3
to launch
4
to publish
5
to recommend
推动
tuī dòng
1
to push (for acceptance of a plan)
2
to push forward
3
to promote
4
to actuate
5
CL:個|个[gè]
推卸
tuī xiè
1
to avoid (esp. responsibility)
2
to shift (the blame)
3
to pass the buck
推崇
tuī chóng
1
to esteem
2
to think highly of
3
to accord importance to
4
to revere
推广
tuī guǎng
1
to extend
2
to spread
3
to popularize
4
generalization
5
promotion (of a product etc)
推特
Tuī tè
1
Twitter (microblogging service)
推理
tuī lǐ
1
reasoning
2
inference
3
to infer
4
to deduce
Idioms
(14)
互相推诿
hù xiāng tuī wěi
1
mutually shirking responsibilities (idiom); each blaming the other
2
passing the buck to and fro
3
each trying to unload responsibilities onto the other
半推半就
bàn tuī bàn jiù
1
half willing and half unwilling (idiom); to yield after making a show of resistance
天雨顺延
tiān yǔ shùn yán
1
weather permitting (idiom)
延颈企踵
yán jǐng qǐ zhǒng
1
to stand on tiptoe and crane one's neck (idiom); fig. to yearn for sth
推来推去
tuī lái tuī qù
1
(idiom) to rudely push and pull others
2
(idiom) to evade responsibility and push it to others
推心置腹
tuī xīn zhì fù
1
to give one's bare heart into sb else's keeping (idiom); sb has one's absolute confidence
2
to trust completely
3
to confide in sb with entire sincerity
推波助澜
tuī bō zhù lán
1
to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom); to add momentum
2
to encourage sth to get bigger
3
to add fuel to the fire
推贤让能
tuī xián ràng néng
1
to cede to the virtuous and yield to the talented (idiom)
推陈布新
tuī chén bù xīn
1
to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
2
to go beyond old ideas
3
advancing all the time
推陈出新
tuī chén chū xīn
1
to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
有钱能使鬼推磨
yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuī mò
1
lit. money will make the Devil turn millstones (idiom)
2
fig. with money, you can do anything you like
沙盘推演
shā pán tuī yǎn
1
to plan a military mission on a sand table (idiom)
2
to rehearse a planned action or activity
3
to conduct a dry run
苟延残喘
gǒu yán cán chuǎn
1
to struggle on whilst at death's door (idiom)
长江后浪推前浪
Cháng Jiāng hòu làng tuī qián làng
1
lit. the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before (idiom)
2
fig. the new is constantly replacing the old
3
each new generation excels the previous
4
(of things) to be constantly evolving
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