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推诿

tuī wěi

2-character word Traditional 推諉

What 推诿 means

1. to shirk responsibility
2. to blame others
3. to pass the buck

The characters in 推诿

• 推tuīto push; to cut; to refuse
• 诿wěito shirk; to give excuses

Words containing 推诿

• 互相推诿hù xiāng tuī wěimutually shirking responsibilities (idiom); each blaming the other…

Sounds the same

Read tuī wěi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 推委variant of 推诿