拖延

tuō yán

HSK level: HSK 6

Meaning

to delay; to put off; to procrastinate

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Characters

拖tuōto drag, to haul, to tow; to delay扌亻也延yánto defer, to delay, to postpone; to extend, to prolong; surname丿㢟

Examples

我不能再拖延了。

Wǒ bù néng zài tuō yán le.

I have to stop procrastinating.

不要拖延去找工作的事。

Bù yào tuō yán qù zhǎo gōng zuò de shì.

Stop putting off finding a job.

我不像我以前那么拖延了。

Wǒ bù xiàng wǒ yǐ qián nà me tuō yán le.

I don't procrastinate as much as I used to.