赶紧 趕緊 gǎn jǐn hurriedly / without delay syn 及时 及時 jí shí timely / at the right time / promptly / without delay syn 迫不及待 pò bù jí dài (idiom) unable to hold oneself back / eager to do sth without delay syn 拖延 tuō yán to delay / to put off / to procrastinate syn 耽误 耽誤 dān wu to delay / to hold up / to waste time / to interfere with syn 耽搁 耽擱 dān ge to tarry / to delay / to stop over syn 延长 延長 yán cháng to prolong / to extend / to delay syn 延期 yán qī to delay / to extend / to postpone / to defer syn 延迟 延遲 yán chí to delay / to postpone / to keep putting sth off / to procrastinate / (computing) to lag syn 延误 延誤 yán wu to delay / to be held up / to miss (an opportunity) / delay / holdup syn 刻不容缓 刻不容緩 kè bù róng huǎn to brook no delay / to demand immediate action syn 亟待 jí dài to need urgently / to need doing without delay syn 迟滞 遲滯 chí zhì delay / procrastination syn 延后 延後 yán hòu to postpone / to defer / to delay 贻误 貽誤 yí wù to affect adversely / to delay or hinder / to waste (an opportunity) / to mislead syn 迟延 遲延 chí yán to delay syn 时延 時延 shí yán (electronics) delay / latency 迁延 遷延 qiān yán long delay syn 推 tuī to push / to cut / to refuse / to reject / to decline / to shirk (responsibility) / to put off / to delay / to push forward / to nominate / to elect / massage syn 拖 tuō to drag / to tow / to trail / to hang down / to mop (the floor) / to delay / to drag on syn 误 誤 wù mistake / error / to miss / to harm / to delay / to neglect / mistakenly syn 挨 ái to suffer / to endure / to pull through (hard times) / to delay / to stall / to play for time / to dawdle syn 延 yán to prolong / to extend / to delay syn 耗 hào to waste / to spend / to consume / to squander / news / (coll.) to delay / to dilly-dally syn 淹 yān to flood / to submerge / to drown / to irritate the skin (of liquids) / to delay syn 奄 yān variant of 閹|阉[yan1] / to castrate / variant of 淹[yan1] / to delay 佻 tiāo frivolous / unsteady / delay 押车 押車 yā chē to escort (goods) during transportation / to delay unloading (a truck, train etc) syn 赊购 賒購 shē gòu to buy on credit / to delay payment 隔岸观火 隔岸觀火 gé àn guān huǒ to watch the fires burning across the river / to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves (idiom) syn 躭 dān variant of 耽 / to indulge in / to delay 延时引信 yán shí yǐn xìn time-delay fuse / delay fuse 烟花爆竹 煙花爆竹 yān huā bào zhú fireworks (i.e. pyrotechnic devices, not the display they produce) 迟误 遲誤 chí wù to delay / to procrastinate syn 十六烷值 shí liù wán zhí cetane number (quality of light diesel fuel, measured by its ignition delay) 延搁 延擱 yán gē to delay / to procrastinate 悮 wù to impede / to delay / variant of 誤|误[wu4] 懒驴上磨屎尿多 懶驢上磨屎尿多 lǎn lǘ shàng mò shǐ niào duō (proverb) A lazy person will find many excuses to delay working / lit. When a lazy donkey is turning a grindstone, it takes a lot of time off for peeing and pooing 拖宕 tuō dàng to delay / to postpone 拖尾巴 tuō wěi ba to obstruct / to be a drag on sb / to delay finishing off a job 挨延 捱延 ái yán to delay / to procrastinate / to play for time 推宕 tuī dàng to postpone / to delay / to put sth off 磨烦 磨煩 mò fan to pester / to bother sb incessantly / to delay / to prevaricate 缓办 緩辦 huǎn bàn to postpone / to delay 跷足以待 蹺足以待 qiāo zú yǐ dài lit. raise one's foot enough to delay / make a pretence of action (idiom) 迟交 遲交 chí jiāo to delay handing over (payment, homework etc) 阻滞行动 delaying action / delay operation 延发引信雷 延發引信雷 delay-fused mine 最初阻滞阵地 最初阻滯陣地 initial delay position 过度的拖延 過度的拖延 inordinate delay 延时解除保险装置 延時解除保險裝置 arming delay device 愆期 qiān qī (formal) to delay / to miss a deadline / to fail to do sth at the appointed time syn 当断即断 當斷即斷 dāng duàn jí duàn not to delay making a decision when a decision is needed 不便险 不便險 bù biàn xiǎn travel insurance covering flight delay, baggage loss etc (abbr. for 旅遊不便保險|旅游不便保险[lu:3you2 bu4bian4 bao3xian3]) 说干就干 說幹就幹 shuō gàn jiù gàn to do what needs to be done, without delay 