"拖泥帶水" meaning in 漢語

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Phrase

IPA: /tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ni³⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /tʰɔː⁵⁵ nɐi̯²¹ taːi̯³³ sɵy̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Standard-Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, IPA] Forms: 拖泥带水 [Simplified-Chinese]
  1. 糾纏牽扯 Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: zh-拖泥帶水-zh-phrase-0w~nVUBB Categories (other): 漢語 佛教 Topics: Buddhism
  2. 言辭或行為不乾脆 Tags: derogatory, figuratively
    Sense id: zh-拖泥帶水-zh-phrase-QPgOwvF8 Categories (other): 漢語貶義用語
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (糾纏牽扯): 和泥合水
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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「帶」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「拖」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「水」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「泥」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "拖泥带水",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "身上被泥,渾身是水",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "漢語 佛教",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "糾纏牽扯"
      ],
      "id": "zh-拖泥帶水-zh-phrase-0w~nVUBB",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Buddhism"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "漢語貶義用語",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "言辭或行為不乾脆"
      ],
      "id": "zh-拖泥帶水-zh-phrase-QPgOwvF8",
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "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",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "тонидайшуй"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ni³⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "to¹ nai⁴ daai³ seoi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tō nàih daai séui"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "to¹ nai⁴ daai³ soey²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "to¹ nei⁴ dai³ sêu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰɔː⁵⁵ nɐi̯²¹ taːi̯³³ sɵy̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "糾纏牽扯",
      "word": "和泥合水"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "拖泥帶水"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "官話成語",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「帶」的漢語詞",
    "帶「拖」的漢語詞",
    "帶「水」的漢語詞",
    "帶「泥」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "漢語成語",
    "漢語詞元",
    "粵語成語",
    "粵語詞元"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "拖泥带水",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "身上被泥,渾身是水",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "漢語 佛教"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "糾纏牽扯"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Buddhism"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "漢語貶義用語"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "言辭或行為不乾脆"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "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",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "тонидайшуй"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ni³⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "to¹ nai⁴ daai³ seoi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tō nàih daai séui"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "to¹ nai⁴ daai³ soey²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "to¹ nei⁴ dai³ sêu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰɔː⁵⁵ nɐi̯²¹ taːi̯³³ sɵy̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "糾纏牽扯",
      "word": "和泥合水"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "拖泥帶水"
}

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