費力把事拖

Chinese

		to need or exert great effort; to strain; to be strenuous	handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object) handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object); to hold; to contain; to grasp; to take hold of	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	dragging (brush stroke in painting); to drag along
trad. (費力把事拖)		費力	把	事	拖
simp. (费力把事拖)		费力	把	事	拖
Literally: “to waste energy to procrastinate matters”.

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English filibuster.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fèilìbǎshìtuō

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄅㄚˇ ㄕˋ ㄊㄨㄛ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fèilìbǎshìtuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄅㄚˇ ㄕˋ ㄊㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fèilìbǎshìhtuo
    • Wade–Giles: fei⁴-li⁴-pa³-shih⁴-tʻo¹
    • Yale: fèi-lì-bǎ-shr̀-twō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feylihbaashyhtuo
    • Palladius: фэйлибашито (fɛjlibašito)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹ pä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

Noun

費力把事拖

1. (Taiwan) filibuster

Synonyms

• (Hong Kong) 拉布