耽误(dān wu): to delay
to delay
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Example sentences
How 耽误 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
他可能被大雾耽误了。
tā kě néng bèi dà wù dān wù le
He could have been delayed by fog.
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