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延搁

yán gē

2-character word Traditional 延擱

What 延搁 means

1. to delay
2. to procrastinate

The characters in 延搁

• 延yánto prolong; to extend; to delay
• 搁gēto place; to put aside; to shelve

Sounds the same

Read yán gē, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 岩鸽(bird species of China) hill pigeon (Columba rupestris)

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