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缓期

huǎn qī

2-character word Traditional 緩期

What 缓期 means

1. to defer
2. to put off (until later)
3. to postpone

The characters in 缓期

• 缓huǎnslow; unhurried; sluggish
• 期qīa period of time; phase; stage

Example sentences

• 缓期执行在最后关头决定了下来。
  Huǎnqī zhíxíng zài zuì hòu guāntóu juédìng le xiàlai.
  A stay of execution was ordered at the eleventh hour.

Words starting with 缓期

• 缓期付款huǎn qī fù kuǎnto defer payment

Words containing 缓期

• 死刑缓期执行sǐ xíng huǎn qī zhí xíngdeferred death sentence; abbr. to 死缓

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