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搪塞
táng​sè

to stall

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 搪 táng verb
    to stall
    to do something perfunctorily; to evade; to stall for time; to make excuses to get out of something
  2. 塞 sè 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