dawdle; stall; deliberately waste time
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to deliberately waste time; to dawdle; to stall
informalOften used in spoken, informal contexts. The metaphorical imagery is of something soaking or stewing slowly like a mushroom. Can describe someone being intentionally slow or uncooperative to delay an action or decision.
Bié别
pào泡
mó蘑
gu菇
le了
，
kuài快
diǎn点
gàn干
huó活
er儿
ba吧
。
Stop dawdling and get to work.
Tā他
bù不
xiǎng想
zuò做
jué决
dìng定
，
jiù就
zài在
nà那
lǐ里
pào泡
mó蘑
gu菇
。
He doesn't want to make a decision, so he's just stalling there.
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Tán谈
pàn判
zhōng中
duì对
fāng方
yī一
zhí直
zài在
pào泡
mó蘑
gu菇
，
xiǎng想
tuō拖
dào到
wǒ我
men们
ràng让
bù步
。
The other party kept stalling during the negotiation, trying to drag it out until we compromised.