支支吾吾
zhī​zhī​wú​wú

to hem and haw

  • created sense approved 支支吾吾 · zhī​zhī​wú​wú · to hem and haw — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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

    支支吾吾 (reduplication) → 支吾 · zhī​wu · to hem and haw

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

    created sense