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surname Chi

late / delayed / slow

rhinoceros / sharp

to walk (side part of split character)

to arrive late

sooner or later

to postpone / to put off / to defer

to delay / to postpone / to keep putting sth off / to procrastinate / (computing) to lag

without the slightest hesitation

the matter should not be delayed / there's no time to lose

the lingering death / the death of a thousand cuts (old form of capital punishment)

to be late / to arrive slowly / to be slow in the coming

amblygeustia / loss of food taste

if you live a life of crime, sooner or later you'll pay for it

at the latest

It's too late to plug the leak once ship is in the middle of the river. (idiom)

surname Yuchi

(idiom) no sooner said than done / before you know it

late

to delay handing over (payment, homework etc)

to delay

slow / late

General Yuchi Gong (585-658), famous military man instrumental in founding the Tang dynasty

variant of 差池[cha1 chi2]