yán​wù HSK7

delay

延误 (延誤) yán​wù
delay verb
to postpone (with unfortunate consequences); to take too long to do something; to miss a deadline or opportunity

The flight was delayed due to heavy snow.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
2.41 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
6.65 per million

Details

HSK 3.0
Level 7

Sources

Definitions
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