Chinese Word: 跎 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

跎

Pinyin: tuó

English Definition: to stumble; to waste time

Chinese Definition:
①(蹉跎)见“蹉”。

Total strokes: 12; Radical: 足

Pictophonetic:它 indicates the sound; 足 (foot) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 足 [ zú ] foot; to attain, to satisfy; enough
- 它 [ tā ] it; other

Similar Characters: 趷

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蹉跎	cuō tuó	(literary) to slip; (of looks etc) to fade away; (of time) to slip away; to squander (time, opportunities); to dillydally
年已蹉跎	nián yǐ cuō tuó	the years have already gone by; to be too old
日月蹉跎	rì yuè cuō tuó	the years have slipped by

1		yuán hé 缘合 shì 是 méi yǒu 没有 néng 能 gū 辜 yá 涯 xiāng yù 相遇。 bǐ rú 比如 rén 人 fēi 啡 tuó 跎 dào 焘 de 的 niǎo 鸟， nín 您 shì 是 liàng 晾 cáo 嘈 de 的 bào 豹， zhǐ shì 只是 rén men 人们 zhuàng 撞 qiào 窍 luó 锣 hèn 恨。 For example, I am a bird flying in sky, you are a leopard in forest. We just fall in love accidentally.
2		suī rán 虽然 jiǎn chá jiē guǒ 检查结果 xiǎn shì 显示 dé gēn 德根 de 的 tuó 跎 gǔ 骨 bìng 并 méi yǒu 没有 chū xiàn 出现 gǔ zhé 骨折 de 的 qíng kuàng 情况， dàn 但 tā 他 hái shi 还是 yào 要 quē xí 缺席 zhì shǎo 至少 yī gè 一个 yuè 月 de 的 shí jiān 时间。 Scans have revealed there is no break to the metatarsal, but it will still be at least a month before he is back in action.
3		nín men 您们 huì 会 ràng 让 xǔ duō rén 许多人， tè dì 特地 shì 是 hǎo 好 guó rén 国人 fēi cháng 非常 dòng 冻 tuó 跎 zhàn 战 ào huǐ 懊悔， tè dì 特地 shì 是 cǐ cì 此次 de 的 jiāo huì 交会 zú 足 yì 艺 bǐ hǎo 比好 guó zhàn 国战 é luó sī 俄罗斯 dāng 当 bǐ jìn 比进 xǔ duō 许多。 You will make a lot of people, especially Americans very jealous and hateful, especially the docking technology is much advance than those US or Russian's.