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支支吾吾
zhī​zhī​wú​wú

to hem and haw

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
支支吾吾 zhī​zhī​wú​wú
to hem and haw
to speak in an evasive or hesitant way; to stall or mumble to avoid giving a direct answer

Frequency

Movie subtitles
0.240 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
0.749 per million

Cross-References

Referenced by

  • 吞吞吐吐 tūn​tūn​tǔ​tǔ

Sources

Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)