一推两搡 — “To repeatedly shirk responsibility”

一推两搡 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to repeatedly shirk responsibility”. To make excuses and avoid a task.

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一推两搡 Pronunciation and Pinyin

Character	Pinyin	Strokes	Meaning
一	yī	1	one, a, single, whole
推	tuī	11	push, promote, infer, postpone
两	liǎng	7	two, a couple of
搡	sǎng	13	push or shove forcefully

这项任务大家都不愿意接，都在那里一推两搡的，迟迟没人肯负责。

No one was willing to take on this task; everyone was repeatedly shirking responsibility, and no one would commit to it.

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What does 一推两搡 mean?

一推两搡 (yī tuī liǎng sǎng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to repeatedly shirk responsibility”.

How do you pronounce 一推两搡?

一推两搡 is pronounced yī tuī liǎng sǎng in Mandarin Chinese.

What is the Chinese definition of 一推两搡?

形容一再推托。