mutually shirking responsibilities (idiom); each blaming the other; passing the buck to and fro; each trying to unload responsibilities onto the other
trad. 互相推諉
Also written 互相推諉【hù xiāng tuī wěi】
Characters in this word
4互
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mutual
- Pinyin
- hù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 35295 of 2500
相
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surname Xiang
- Pinyin
- Xiāng
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 5022 of 2500
推
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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
- Pinyin
- tuī
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 2207 of 2500
诿
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to shirk, to give excuses
- Pinyin
- wěi
- Traditional
- 諉
- Strokes
- 10