吞吞吐吐
吞吞吐吐
tūn tūn tǔ tǔ
to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth; to speak and break off, then start again; to hold sth back
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- (verb, idiom) to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth
- to speak and break off, then start again
- to hold sth back
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Related Words
一刀两断(yī dāo liǎng duàn)— lit. two segments with a single cut (idiom)
→一夫当关，万夫莫开(yī fū dāng guān , wàn fū mò kāi)— one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
→一拍两散(yī pāi liǎng sàn)— (of marriage or business partners) to break up (idiom)
→一暴十寒(yī pù shí hán)— one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
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