欲就还推
yù​jiù​hái​tuī

coyly refusing while wanting to accept

  • created sense approved 欲就还推/欲就還推 · yù​jiù​hái​tuī · coyly refusing while wanting to accept — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    欲就还推 / 欲就還推

    yù​jiù​hái​tuī

    coyly refusing while wanting to accept

    to pretend to push something away while actually wanting to move closer or accept it; acting with coy hesitation

    欲 (literal) → 欲 · yù · to want 就 (literal) → 就 · jiù · to approach 还 (literal) → 还/還 · hái · still 推 (literal) → 推 · tuī · to decline

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

    created sense