磨蹭

mó ceng

Meaning

to rub lightly; to move slowly; to dawdle; to dillydally; to pester; to nag

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Characters

磨mómillstone; to grind, to polish, to rub, to wear out麻石蹭cèngto shuffle; to procrastinate, to freeload, to dilly-dally足曾

Examples

你磨蹭什么呀，快点去吧。

Nǐ mó ceng shén me ya, kuài diǎn qù ba.

What are you lingering for? Hurry up and go.