搪塞
táng​sè

to stall

  • created reference approved 搪塞 → 唐塞 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    搪塞 táng​sè

    唐塞 táng​sè

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 搪塞 · táng​sè · to stall — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    搪塞

    táng​sè

    to stall

    To stall someone off; to do something perfunctorily or half-heartedly in order to muddle through or evade responsibility.

    táng​sāi

    搪 (literal) → 搪 · táng · to stall 塞 (literal) → 塞 · sè · to evade

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

    created sense