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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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