蹉跎
Chinese edit
error; slip; miss error; slip; miss; err |
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| trad. (蹉跎) | 蹉 | 跎 | |
| simp. #(蹉跎) | 蹉 | 跎 | |
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
蹉跎
- (literary) to slip and fall; to miss one's step
- 夫賢聖歿而大義分，蹉跎殊趨，各自開門。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Wang Chong, Lun Heng (Discussive Weighing), 80 CE
- Fú xiánshèng mò ér dàyì fēn, cuōtuó shū qū, gèzì kāimén. [Pinyin]
- The worthies and sages are dead, and their great doctrine has split up. Many new roads have been struck out, on which many people have stumbled.
夫贤圣殁而大义分，蹉跎殊趋，各自开门。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (literary) to miss an opportunity
- (literary) to decline; to deteriorate; to degenerate
- (literary) to be frustrated; to be disheartened; to be disappointed
- to idle away the time; to waste time