day 158delays and detours

delays and detours

Talk about delays, mistakes, missing items and hassle in Chinese, play a problem down with 无非/只是……罢了/而已, and recognise a blunt “take it or leave it” (爱A不A).

today’s words

• 耽搁 dānge · delay, hold up
• 延误 yánwù · delay (and miss)
• 延缓 yánhuǎn · postpone, slow down
• 延 yán · extend, prolong, put off
• 顺延 shùnyán · postpone (to the next slot)
• 逾期 yúqī · be overdue
• 掉队 diàoduì · fall behind
• 走弯路 zǒuwānlù · take a detour, go the long way
• 差错 chācuò · mistake, slip
• 错位 cuòwèi · out of place, misaligned
• 偏离 piānlí · deviate, stray from
• 脱节 tuōjié · be out of touch, disconnected
• 遗漏 yílòu · leave out, omit
• 遗失 yíshī · lose (a thing)
• 遗留 yíliú · be left over (from the past)
• 欠缺 qiànquē · lack; shortcoming
• 缺失 quēshī · lack, absence; be missing
• 贫乏 pínfá · poor, meagre (in content)
• 徒劳 túláo · futile, in vain
• 费劲 fèijìn · take effort, strenuous
• 费力 fèilì · take great effort
• 吃力 chīlì · struggling, strenuous
• 伤脑筋 shāngnǎojīn · troublesome, a headache
• 没辙 méizhé · be at a loss, nothing to be done
• 折腾 zhēteng · toss about; do over and over
• 辗转 zhǎnzhuǎn · pass through many hands or places
• 卷入 juǎnrù · be drawn into
• 牵扯 qiānchě · involve, drag in
• 牵涉 qiānshè · involve, concern
• 扰乱 rǎoluàn · disturb, disrupt
• 将就 jiāngjiu · make do, put up with
• 凑合 còuhe · make do; passable
• 绊脚石 bànjiǎoshí · stumbling block
• 碍事 àishì · be in the way; matter
• 累赘 léizhui · burden; cumbersome

sentences

• 因为大雾，货物延误了三天。 · Because of the fog, the goods were three days late.
• 发布会可能要顺延一周。 · The launch may have to move back a week.
• 这无非是个小差错罢了。 · It’s only a small slip, that’s all.
• 我们只是晚了一天而已。 · We’re only a day late, nothing more.
• 价格就这样，爱要不要。 · That’s the price: take it or leave it.