愆期

qiānqī
  1. (formal) to delay
  2. to miss a deadline
  3. to fail to do sth at the appointed time

CEDICT

  1. (literary) to exceed the time limit; to pass the appointed time
  2. to exceed the time limit; to pass the appointed time

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 愆 qiān
  1. fault
  2. transgression
=1 愆 qiān old variant of 愆 qiān
=2 期 qī
  1. variant of 期 qī
  2. period
  3. cycle
=2 期 qī
  1. a period of time
  2. phase
  3. stage
  4. classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study
  5. time
  6. term
  7. period
  8. to hope
  9. Taiwan pr. qí

Related entries

延搁 yángē
  1. to delay
  2. to procrastinate
延期 yánqī
  1. to delay
  2. to extend
  3. to postpone
  4. to defer
派对延期了一周。

The party was put off for a week.

Source: Tatoeba

延迟 yánchí
  1. to delay
  2. to postpone
  3. to keep putting sth off
  4. to procrastinate
  5. (computing) to lag
他延遲到下個月去北海道。

He postponed leaving for Hokkaido until next month.

Source: Tatoeba

拖宕 tuōdàng
  1. to delay
  2. to postpone
拖延 tuōyán
  1. to delay
  2. to put off
  3. to procrastinate
请不要再拖延了！

Stop procrastinating!

Source: Tatoeba

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