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托词

/ tuōcí /
Strokes

Definition

to make an excuse/pretext/excuse

Example

As a Verb

find/make/give an excuse; plead; find/give a pretext; put forward/give a plea

1
Tuō
托词
wǎn
婉拒

graciously decline with an excuse

2
Tuō
托词
jiàn
不见

refuse to meet/see sb on some pretext

As a Noun

pretext; excuse; subterfuge; plea

3
shuō
duì
shì
此事
wénsuǒwèiwén
闻所未闻
  
,
guò
不过
shì
tuō
托词
ér
而已
  

His claim that he had heard nothing about it was nothing but an excuse.

4
Ruǎnruò
软弱无力
de
tuō
托词

flabby excuse

5
Xúnzhǎo
寻找
tuō
托词

look for an excuse