推三阻四

Chinese

		push; refuse (responsibility); shove	three	to hinder; to block; to obstruct	four
simp. and trad. (推三阻四)		推	三	阻	四

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuīsānzǔsì

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟ ㄙㄢ ㄗㄨˇ ㄙˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi¹ saam¹ zo² sei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuīsānzǔsì
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟ ㄙㄢ ㄗㄨˇ ㄙˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tueisanzǔsìh
    • Wade–Giles: tʻui¹-san¹-tsu³-ssŭ⁴
    • Yale: twēi-sān-dzǔ-sz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueisantzuusyh
    • Palladius: туйсаньцзусы (tujsanʹczusy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: teoi¹ saam¹ zo² sei³
    • Yale: tēui sāam jó sei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toey¹ saam¹ dzo² sei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: têu¹ sam¹ zo² séi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵ t͡sɔː³⁵ sei̯³³/

Idiom

推三阻四

1. to find excuses to put off doing something