踌躇
躊躇freq #28755
Meanings
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- 1.to hesitate
- 2.(literary) to pace back and forth
- 3.(literary) self-satisfied
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- 1.to walk back and forth
- 2.to hesitate; to pause
- 3.smug; complacent; self-satisfied
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Etymology
Reduplication with the original form of *du da. Cognate with 躑躅 (OC *deɡ doɡ), 踟躕 (OC *de do), 彳亍 (OC *tʰeɡ toɡs/tʰoɡ), all meaning "walking slowly or with difficulty > hesitant".
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