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Introducing the Chinese idiom 「拖泥帶水」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.

A metaphor for not speaking or doing things decisively.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

tuō ní dài shuǐ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

to1 nai4 daai3 seui2

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