借词推搪

to make a lot of excuses

to lend / to borrow / by means of / to take (an opportunity)

variant of 借[jie4]

loanword / pretext

old variant of 詞|词[ci2]

word / statement / speech / lyrics / CL:組|组[zu3],個|个[ge4] / a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝|宋朝[Song4 chao2] / CL:首[shou3]

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

to offer excuses (colloquial) / to stall

to keep out / to hold off / to ward off / to evade / to spread / to coat / to smear / to daub