hesitate; equivocal; waver
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to waver between compliance and defiance; to equivocate; to sit on the fence
literaryLiterary register. Describes indecision or ambiguity between two opposing courses of action, particularly between obeying and disobeying. Often used in the set phrases 依违两可 and 依违不决.
Tā他
duì对
zhè这
ge个
tí提
àn案
de的
tài态
dù度
zǒng总
shì是
yī依
wéi违
liǎng两
kě可
。
His attitude toward this proposal is always equivocal.
Lǐng领
dǎo导
yī依
wéi违
bù不
jué决
，
dǎo导
zhì致
xiàng项
mù目
yī一
zài再
yán延
qī期
。
The leadership wavered and could not decide, causing the project to be delayed repeatedly.
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Zài在
yuán原
zé则
wèn问
tí题
shàng上
，
bù不
néng能
yī依
wéi违
liǎng两
kě可
。
On matters of principle, one cannot sit on the fence.