to bring relief; to alleviate (a crisis); to dull (a pain)

suspended sentence; probation

slowly; unhurriedly; little by little

to ease (tension); to alleviate; to moderate; to allay; to make more mild

slow; unhurried; sluggish; gradual; not tense; relaxed; to postpone; to defer; to stall; to stave off; to revive; to recuperate

buffer; to cushion; to adjust to sharp changes

to postpone; to delay

sluggish

(computing) cache; buffer memory

to suspend taxes momentarily; to postpone military draft

priority; whether sth is urgent

to defer; to put off (until later); to postpone

to walk slowly; to amble along; gradually; slowly

to get one's breath back; to take a breather

to defer employment; to put off hiring

to decrease gradually; to descend gradually

to urge reconciliation; to dissuade from punitive action

buffer (computing)

slow-release fertilizer

cable reel and harness used to lower oneself to safety (e.g. from a building on fire)

lit. slow no aid to urgent (idiom); slow measures will not address a critical situation; too slow to meet a pressing need

delaying tactics; stalling; measures to stave off an attack; stratagem to win a respite

delayed neutron

to help one another in difficulty; mutual assistance in extremity

see 輕重緩急|轻重缓急[qing1 zhong4 huan3 ji2]

to defer payment