这件事你就先拖着
“You should delay this matter for now.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这件事你就先拖着
“You should delay this matter for now.”
“Wait until Translator Luo comes back,”
“Do not commit to anything yet; buy us time until our key person gets back.”
In Chinese political and organizational life, deliberate delay ('拖') is a classic strategic artifice used to observe shifts in power or gather intelligence without overtly offending either side.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to stall / to drag one's feet / to delay
A highly practical colloquial term meaning to deliberately prolong a situation without making a final decision.
for now / first
Placed before a verb to indicate doing something as an interim or priority measure.
Indicates the ongoing continuation of an action or state (stalling).
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Just don't hold us back.”
“Trying to buy more time? Yeah. So what?”
“This can't be delayed any longer.”
“Mop the outside first. I'll help you first, then you help me.”
“As I said, I wouldn't drag you down.”
“- You dragged your feet before, fine, - Me...”