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蹉跎

/ cuōtuó /

Strokes

Definition

(literary) to slip/(of looks etc) to fade away/(of time) to slip away/to squander (time, opportunities)/to dillydally

Example

As a Verb

waste time; idle away

1

Yīzài

一再

cuōtuó

蹉跎

let one opportunity after another slip away

2

Cuōtuó

蹉跎

zì

自

wù

误

throw/chuck away one's opportunities