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支支吾吾

zhīzhīwúwú

to hem and haw
to stall
to stammer
to mumble
to falter

to prevaricate; to falter; to hum and haw

说话含溷不清，搪塞了事。

重編國語辭典

说话含煳不清，搪塞了事

Entry Composition

to support
to sustain
to erect
to raise
branch
division
to draw money
classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions

to resist
to deal with

to respond evasively or vaguely
to elude
to stall

Related entries

to hem and haw (loanword)

(aviation) to stall

to stall
to play for time

to offer excuses (colloquial)
to stall

pánshānbùqián

to falter
to stall

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