展转推托 — “To repeatedly make excuses and put off”

展转推托 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to repeatedly make excuses and put off”. To prevaricate and procrastinate over and over.

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展转推托 Pronunciation and Pinyin

Character	Pinyin	Strokes	Meaning
展	zhǎn	10	spread out, display, or develop
转	zhuǎn	8	turn, rotate, change, transfer
推	tuī	11	push, promote, infer, postpone
托	tuō	6	support, entrust, or request

面对困难的任务，他总是展转推托，不愿直接面对

Faced with difficult tasks, he always repeatedly made excuses and was unwilling to confront them directly.

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What does 展转推托 mean?

展转推托 (zhǎn zhuǎn tuī tuō) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to repeatedly make excuses and put off”.

How do you pronounce 展转推托?

展转推托 is pronounced zhǎn zhuǎn tuī tuō in Mandarin Chinese.

What is the Chinese definition of 展转推托?

展转：同“辗转”，循环反复；推托：借故推延。指一再拖延推辞