推三阻四
tuī​sān​zǔ​sì

to make excuses

  • created reference approved 推三阻四 → 推三推四 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    推三阻四 tuī​sān​zǔ​sì

    推三推四 tuī​sān​tuī​sì

    variant

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  • created sense approved 推三阻四 · tuī​sān​zǔ​sì · to make excuses — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    推三阻四

    tuī​sān​zǔ​sì

    to make excuses

    to decline with all sorts of excuses; to make constant excuses in order to shirk responsibility or avoid doing something

    推 (literal) → 推 · tuī · to shirk 三 (literal) → 三 · sān · many 阻 (literal) → 阻 · zǔ · to decline 四 (literal) → 四 · sì · all around

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

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