拖泥带水
Traditional form:
拖泥帶水
Pinyin (reading):
tuōnídàishuǐ
Definitions:
- (idiom) muddy and wet
- (idiom) (of speech, writing etc) slovenly; sloppy; (of actions) indecisive
Characters:
- 拖 - to drag, to haul, to tow; to delay
- 泥 - mud, earth, clay; plaster, paste
- 带 - belt, strap; band, ribbon; area, zone; to carry, to raise, to wear
- 水 - water, liquid, lotion, juice
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