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姗姗来迟
shān​shān​lái​chí

to be late

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 姗 姍 shān
    reduplication
    gracefully
    (bound form) used in 姗姗 shān​shān to describe moving slowly or gracefully; used in 姗姗来迟 shān​shān​lái​chí to mean arriving late
  2. 来 來 lái verb
    to come
    To come; to arrive; to move toward the speaker; to crop up or happen
  3. 迟 遲 chí adjective
    late
    late; delayed; behind the scheduled or appropriate time