qiān​sī​pān​téng

to drag one's feet

  • created reference approved 牵丝攀藤/牽絲攀藤 → 牵丝扳藤/牽絲扳藤 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    牵丝攀藤 / 牽絲攀藤 qiān​sī​pān​téng

    牵丝扳藤 / 牽絲扳藤 qiān​sī​pān​téng

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created reference approved 牵丝攀藤/牽絲攀藤 → 拖泥带水/拖泥帶水 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    牵丝攀藤 / 牽絲攀藤 qiān​sī​pān​téng

    拖泥带水 / 拖泥帶水 tuō​ní​dài​shuǐ

    synonym

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

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  • created sense approved 牵丝攀藤/牽絲攀藤 · qiān​sī​pān​téng · to drag one's feet — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    牵丝攀藤 / 牽絲攀藤

    qiān​sī​pān​téng

    to drag one's feet

    to harass or annoy someone persistently; to drag out an affair or argument without reaching a resolution; to be indirect and messy in one's logic or behavior

    qiān​sī​bān​téng

    牵 (literal) → 牵/牽 · qiān · to lead 丝 (literal) → 丝/絲 · sī · strand 攀 (literal) → 攀 · pān · to involve 藤 (literal) → 藤 · téng · rattan; vine

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

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