拖延

tuō yán

HSK 7freq #7732

Meanings

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tuō yán

1.to delay
2.to put off
3.to procrastinate

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Wiktionary

1.to delay; to put off; to procrastinate; to adjourn; to defer; to prolong

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Stroke order

Components

拖扌㐌

延廴㇒止

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Characters

Example sentences

我不能再拖延了。
I have to stop procrastinating.
不要拖延去找工作的事。
Stop putting off finding a job.
我不像我以前那么拖延了。
I don't procrastinate as much as I used to.

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Derived terms

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Related words

拖延症 procrastination 拖延战术 delaying tactics 拖延时间 to procrastinate