"Delay" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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延长 yán cháng to prolong / to extend / to delay
耽误 dān wu to delay / to hold up / to waste time / to interfere with
延期 yán qī to delay / to extend / to postpone / to defer
拖延 tuō yán to delay / to put off / to procrastinate
推 tuī to push / to cut / to refuse / to reject / to decline / to shirk (responsibility) / to put off / to delay / to push forward / to nominate / to elect / massage
延迟 yán chí to delay / to postpone / to keep putting sth off / to procrastinate / (computing) to lag
延误 yán wu to delay / to be held up / to miss (an opportunity) / delay / holdup
耽搁 dān ge to tarry / to delay / to stop over
延后 yán hòu to postpone / to defer / to delay
迟滞 chí zhì delay / procrastination
迟延 chí yán to delay
时延 shí yán (electronics) delay / latency
误 wù mistake / error / to miss / to harm / to delay / to neglect / mistakenly
延 yán to prolong / to extend / to delay
拖 tuō to drag / to tow / to trail / to hang down / to mop (the floor) / to delay / to drag on
耗 hào to waste / to spend / to consume / to squander / news / (coll.) to delay / to dilly-dally
挨 ái to suffer / to endure / to pull through (hard times) / to delay / to stall / to play for time / to dawdle
淹 yān to flood / to submerge / to drown / to irritate the skin (of liquids) / to delay
奄 yān variant of 閹|阉[yan1] / to castrate / variant of 淹[yan1] / to delay
佻 tiāo frivolous / unsteady / delay
迟误 chí wù to delay / to procrastinate
延搁 yán gē to delay / to procrastinate
悮 wù to impede / to delay / variant of 誤|误[wu4]
拖宕 tuō dàng to delay / to postpone
挨延 ái yán to delay / to procrastinate / to play for time
推宕 tuī dàng to postpone / to delay / to put sth off
磨烦 mò fan to pester / to bother sb incessantly / to delay / to prevaricate
缓办 huǎn bàn to postpone / to delay
愆期 qiān qī (formal) to delay / to miss a deadline / to fail to do sth at the appointed time
及时 jí shí timely / at the right time / promptly / without delay
赶紧 gǎn jǐn hurriedly / without delay
迫不及待 pò bù jí dài (idiom) unable to hold oneself back / eager to do sth without delay
亟待 jí dài to need urgently / to need doing without delay
刻不容缓 kè bù róng huǎn to brook no delay / to demand immediate action
贻误 yí wù to affect adversely / to delay or hinder / to waste (an opportunity) / to mislead
迁延 qiān yán long delay
押车 yā chē to escort (goods) during transportation / to delay unloading (a truck, train etc)
赊购 shē gòu to buy on credit / to delay payment
隔岸观火 gé àn guān huǒ to watch the fires burning across the river / to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves (idiom)
躭 dān variant of 耽 / to indulge in / to delay
懒驴上磨屎尿多 lǎn lu:2 shàng mò shǐ niào duō (proverb) A lazy person will find many excuses to delay working / lit. When a lazy donkey is turning a grindstone, it takes a lot of time off for peeing and pooing
拖尾巴 tuō wěi ba to obstruct / to be a drag on sb / to delay finishing off a job
跷足以待 qiāo zú yǐ dài lit. raise one's foot enough to delay / make a pretence of action (idiom)
迟交 chí jiāo to delay handing over (payment, homework etc)
延时引信 yán shí yǐn xìn time-delay fuse / delay fuse
阻滞行动  delaying action / delay operation
最初阻滞阵地  initial delay position
过度的拖延  inordinate delay
延时解除保险装置  arming delay device
烟火延时器  pyrotechnic delay
当断即断 dāng duàn jí duàn not to delay making a decision when a decision is needed
不便险 bù biàn xiǎn travel insurance covering flight delay, baggage loss etc (abbr. for 旅遊不便保險|旅游不便保险[lu:3you2 bu4bian4 bao3xian3])
说干就干 shuō gàn jiù gàn to do what needs to be done, without delay
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