借词推搪
jiè​cí​tuī​táng

to make excuses

  • created sense approved 借词推搪/藉詞推搪 · jiè​cí​tuī​táng · to make excuses — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    借词推搪 / 藉詞推搪

    jiè​cí​tuī​táng

    to make excuses

    to make up excuses to avoid doing something or to shirk responsibility; to give reasons for stalling

    借 (literal) → 借 · jiè · to use as a pretext 词 (literal) → 词/詞 · cí · speech 推搪 (literal) → 推搪 · tuī​táng · to stall

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense