"To waste time" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 耽误 | dān wu | to delay / to hold up / to waste time / to interfere with |   |
| 混日子 | hùn rì zi | to idle / to waste time | |
| 磨 |  mó | to rub / to grind / to polish / to sharpen / to wear down / to die out / to waste time / to pester / to insist | |
| 跎 | tuó | to stumble / to waste time | |
| 拖磨 | tuō mó | dawdling / to waste time | |
| 磨叽 | mò ji | (dialect) to dawdle / to waste time / also written 墨跡|墨迹[mo4 ji5] | |
| 废时 | fèi shí | to waste time | |
