See 拖泥帶水 on Wiktionary
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"glosses": [
"to do something in a long-drawn or slovenly manner; to be indecisive or beat about the bush"
],
"id": "en-拖泥帶水-zh-phrase-E2Z3u4gh",
"links": [
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"derogatory",
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],
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"long-drawn",
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],
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"slovenly",
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[
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"(derogatory) to do something in a long-drawn or slovenly manner; to be indecisive or beat about the bush"
],
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],
"zh_pron": "tuōnídàishuǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄊㄨㄛ ㄋㄧˊ ㄉㄞˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "to¹ nai⁴ daai³ seoi²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "tuōnídàishuǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄊㄨㄛ ㄋㄧˊ ㄉㄞˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "tuonídàishuěi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "tʻo¹-ni²-tai⁴-shui³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "twō-ní-dài-shwěi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "tuonidayshoei"
},
{
"roman": "tonidajšuj",
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "тонидайшуй"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ni³⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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"Mandarin",
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"Standard-Cantonese",
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"Guangzhou",
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"zh_pron": "to¹ nai⁴ daai³ seoi²"
},
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
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"Guangzhou",
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"zh_pron": "tō nàih daai séui"
},
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"zh_pron": "to¹ nai⁴ daai³ soey²"
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
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],
"zh_pron": "to¹ nei⁴ dai³ sêu²"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰɔː⁵⁵ nɐi̯²¹ taːi̯³³ sɵy̯³⁵/",
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"tags": [
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"word": "拖泥帶水"
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"to do something in a long-drawn or slovenly manner; to be indecisive or beat about the bush"
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"(derogatory) to do something in a long-drawn or slovenly manner; to be indecisive or beat about the bush"
],
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"idiomatic"
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"zh_pron": "tuōnídàishuǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄊㄨㄛ ㄋㄧˊ ㄉㄞˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "to¹ nai⁴ daai³ seoi²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "tuōnídàishuǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄊㄨㄛ ㄋㄧˊ ㄉㄞˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "tuonídàishuěi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "tʻo¹-ni²-tai⁴-shui³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "twō-ní-dài-shwěi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "tuonidayshoei"
},
{
"roman": "tonidajšuj",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "тонидайшуй"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ni³⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
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"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "to¹ nai⁴ daai³ seoi²"
},
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "tō nàih daai séui"
},
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "to¹ nai⁴ daai³ soey²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "to¹ nei⁴ dai³ sêu²"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰɔː⁵⁵ nɐi̯²¹ taːi̯³³ sɵy̯³⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
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"Guangzhou",
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],
"word": "拖泥帶水"
}
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