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Open the tool →黏皮带骨 (nián pí dài gǔ) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be long-winded or convoluted, lacking straightforwardness or crispness in speech or action; to drag on or procrastinate”.
黏皮带骨 is pronounced nián pí dài gǔ in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 黏皮带骨 means “sticky skin and attached bone”. It is used to mean “to be long-winded or convoluted, lacking straightforwardness or crispness in speech or action; to drag on or procrastinate”.
比喻拖沓,不洒脱。