Pinyin

Definition

 - 
  1. to hesitate
  2. to mark time
 - 
qiè
  1. to recline

Character Decomposition

Related Words (1)

liè qie
  1. 1 to stagger
  2. 2 to stumble
  3. 3 to reel
  4. 4 Taiwan pr. [liè jū]

Idioms (2)

趑趄不前
zī jū bù qián
  1. 1 hesitant and not daring to move forward (idiom)
趑趄嗫嚅
zī jū niè rú
  1. 1 faltering steps, mumbling speech (idiom); hesitant
  2. 2 cringing
  3. 3 to cower