拖延时间

Traditional form:

拖延時間

Pinyin (reading):

tuōyánshíjiān

Definitions:

• to procrastinate
• to stall for time
• to filibuster

Characters:

• 拖 - to drag, to haul, to tow; to delay
• 延 - to defer, to delay, to postpone; to extend, to prolong; surname
• 时 - time, season; period, era, age
• 间 - between, among; midpoint; space, place, locality

Traditional characters:

• 拖 - to drag, to haul, to tow; to delay
• 延 - to defer, to delay, to postpone; to extend, to prolong; surname
• 時 - time, season; period, era, age
• 間 - between, among; midpoint; space, place, locality