推迟
tuīchí
to postpone, to delay
Part of speech · verb
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Examples
- 会议推迟到下午三点。The meeting is postponed to 3 p.m.
- 因为下雨,比赛只好推迟。Because of the rain, the match had to be postponed.
Collocations
推迟时间推迟到推迟会议不得不推迟
Mnemonic
推 tuī "to push" + 迟 chí "late": pushing a schedule later = to postpone. 推 has the hand radical 扌, 迟 the motion radical 辶.
Related
提前延期迟到迟
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