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(idiom) muddy and wet · (idiom) (of speech, writing etc) slovenly; sloppy; (of actions) indecisive

拖泥带水
tuō ní dài shuǐ
t+uō·1st tonen+í·2nd toned+ài·4th tonesh+uǐ·3rd tone
Idiom
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
effeminate · old-womanish · garrulous · fainthearted · overly careful · overly sensitive · maudlin婆婆妈妈pó po mā māto drag along · to haul · (fig.) to procrastinate · shilly-shallying · sluggish · (computing) drag and drop · (loanword) tola, unit of weight, approx. 11.664 grams拖拉tuō lālong and tedious · redundant · superfluous · supernumerary · verbose (of writing)冗长rǒng cháng(of a piece of writing) long and tedious (idiom) · verbose连篇累牍lián piān lěi dú
Antonyms
brief and to the point (idiom) · succinct简明扼要jiǎn míng è yàodirect and plainspoken (idiom); blunt · straightforward直截了当zhí jié liǎo dàng
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