HanTrace

延误

yánwù
verbHSK 7-9

Meaning

  • to postpone (with unfortunate consequences); to take too long (to do sth); to miss (a deadline or window of opportunity)

Example

由于火车延误，我迟到了。

I was late as a result of the train delay.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

yánHSK 46 strokesto prolongwùHSK 39 strokesmistake

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