費力把事拖
Chinese
| to need or exert great effort; to strain; to be strenuous | handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object) handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object); to hold; to contain; to grasp; to take hold of |
matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair |
dragging (brush stroke in painting); to drag along | ||
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| trad. (費力把事拖) | 費力 | 把 | 事 | 拖 | |
| simp. (费力把事拖) | 费力 | 把 | 事 | 拖 | |
| Literally: “to waste energy to procrastinate matters”. | |||||
Etymology
Phono-semantic matching of English filibuster.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: fèilìbǎshìtuō
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄅㄚˇ ㄕˋ ㄊㄨㄛ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fèilìbǎshìhtuo
- Wade–Giles: fei4-li4-pa3-shih4-tʻo1
- Yale: fèi-lì-bǎ-shr̀-twō
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feylihbaashyhtuo
- Palladius: фэйлибашито (fɛjlibašito)
- Sinological IPA (key): /feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹ pä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
費力把事拖
Synonyms
- (Hong Kong) 拉布