táng​sè

to stall

táng​sè to stall · to do perfunctorily

  1. táng adjective
    boastful
    (bound form) exaggerated; boastful; empty or in vain, as in the term 功不唐捐 gōng​bù​táng​juān
  2. verb
    to evade
    (bound form) to gloss over, evade, or perform a task perfunctorily as seen in 敷衍塞责 fū​yǎn​sè​zé

táng​sè to plug a hole

  1. táng adjective
    boastful
    (bound form) exaggerated; boastful; empty or in vain, as in the term 功不唐捐 gōng​bù​táng​juān
  2. verb
    to block
    (bound form) to block or obstruct; to be hindered; used in formal compounds and idioms like 茅塞顿开 máo​sè​dùn​kāi