躊躇不前
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]to walk back and forth; to hesitate; to pause | not; no | front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward | ||
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trad. (躊躇不前) | 躊躇 | 不 | 前 | |
simp. (踌躇不前) | 踌躇 | 不 | 前 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˊ ㄔㄨˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chóuchúbùcián
- Wade–Giles: chʻou2-chʻu2-pu4-chʻien2
- Yale: chóu-chú-bù-chyán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chourchwubuchyan
- Palladius: чоучубуцянь (čoučubucjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
[edit]躊躇不前
- to be hesitant or indecisive; to waver; to shilly-shally