拖泥帶水 in Chinese

IPA: /tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ni³⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /tʰɔː⁵⁵ nɐi̯²¹ taːi̯³³ sɵy̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ni³⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /tʰɔː⁵⁵ nɐi̯²¹ taːi̯³³ sɵy̯³⁵/ Chinese transliterations: tuōnídàishuǐ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄊㄨㄛㄋㄧˊ ㄉㄞˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], to¹ nai⁴ daai³ seoi² [Cantonese, Jyutping], tuōnídàishuǐ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], tuonídàishuěi [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], tʻo¹-ni²-tai⁴-shui³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], twō-ní-dài-shwěi [Mandarin, Yale], tuonidayshoei [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], тонидайшуй [Mandarin, Palladius], tonidajšuj [Mandarin, Palladius], tō nàih daai séui [Cantonese, Yale], to¹ nai⁴ daai³ soey² [Cantonese, Pinyin], to¹ nei⁴ dai³ sêu² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 拖泥带水 [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

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"拖泥帶水" meaning in Chinese

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