unfinished tail-end project; lingering project
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
a small remaining portion of a construction project that remains unfinished for a long time, thereby preventing the overall completion and handover of the entire project
technicalCommonly used in construction, infrastructure, and government project management contexts. Often implies bureaucratic inefficiency, funding issues, or legal disputes that cause a small 'tail' section to remain incomplete while the majority of the project is ready for use.
Zhè这
tiáo条
gāo高
sù速
gōng公
lù路
de的
zhǔ主
tǐ体
yǐ已
jīng经
tōng通
chē车
，
dàn但
jǐ几
zuò座
fǔ辅
qiáo桥
què却
chéng成
le了
wěi尾
ba巴
gōng工
chéng程
，
chí迟
chí迟
bù不
néng能
jiāo交
fù付
。
The main section of this expressway is already open to traffic, but several auxiliary bridges have become tail-end projects that cannot be delivered for a long time.
Zhèng政
fǔ府
zhèng正
zài在
jiā加
dà大
lì力
dù度
jiě解
jué决
zhè这
xiē些
lì历
shǐ史
yí遗
liú留
de的
wěi尾
ba巴
gōng工
chéng程
wèn问
tí题
。
The government is stepping up efforts to resolve these lingering tail-end projects left over from history.
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Yóu由
yú于
zī资
jīn金
liàn链
duàn断
liè裂
，
zhè这
gè个
yuán原
běn本
kuài快
yào要
wán完
gōng工
de的
xiàng项
mù目
biàn变
chéng成
le了
wěi尾
ba巴
gōng工
chéng程
。
Due to a broken capital chain, this project that was originally nearing completion has turned into a tail-end project.