拖延時間 [－－时间]

Jyutping to1 jin4 si4 gaan3
Pinyin tuō yán shí jiān

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to procrastinate
  2. to stall for time
  3. to filibuster
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢哋响残兵入面征集咗一队为数十几人嘅敢死队，为主部队撤退拖延时间。
    佢哋響殘兵入面徵集咗一隊為數十幾人嘅敢死隊，為主部隊撤退拖延時間。
    keoi5 dei6 hoeng2 caan4 bing1 jap6 min6 zing1 zaap6 zo2 jat1 deoi6 wai4 sou3 sap6 gei2 jan4 ge3 gam2 sei2 deoi2, wai6 zyu2 bou6 deoi2 cit3 teoi3 to1 jin4 si4 gaan3.
    • They have assembled a suicide squad of a couple dozen people from the retreating forces to buy time for the retreat of the main force.
  2. Cantonese
    你唔好再喺度拖延时间喇！
    你唔好再喺度拖延時間喇！
    nei5 m4 hou2 zoi3 hai2 dou6 to1 jin4 si4 gaan1 laa3.
    • Stop procrastinating!
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    会不会因为国际国内的大势所趋和人心所向，经过我们的奋斗，使内战限制在局部的范围，或者使全面内战拖延时间爆发呢？
    會不會因為國際國內的大勢所趨和人心所向，經過我們的奮鬥，使內戰限制在局部的範圍，或者使全面內戰拖延時間爆發呢？
    huì bù huì yīn wèi guó jì guó nèi de dà shì suǒ qū hé rén xīn suǒ xiàng ， jīng guò wǒ men de fèn dòu ， shǐ nèi zhàn xiàn zhì zài jú bù de fàn wéi ， huò zhě shǐ quán miàn nèi zhàn tuō yán shí jiān bào fā ne ？
    • Given the general trend of the international and internal situation and the feelings of the people, is it possible, through our own struggles, to localize the civil war or delay the outbreak of a country-wide civil war?