浅滩上放木排，一拖再拖淺灘上放木排，一拖再拖淺灘上放木排，一拖再拖

floating a log raft on a shallow shoal: dragged again and again

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Describes someone who delays and procrastinates over and over. Critical or mocking.
Wordplay: 拖 (tuō) means both physically dragging the raft along the shallows and dragging one's feet or delaying.

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Simplified: 浅滩上放木排，一拖再拖
Traditional (Taiwan): 淺灘上放木排，一拖再拖
Pinyin: qiǎntān shang fàng mùpái, yì tuō zài tuō
Pinyin (Taiwan): qiǎntān shàng fàng mùpái, yì tuō zài tuō
Bopomofo: ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄢㄕㄤˋ ㄈㄤˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄆㄞˊ，ㄧˋ ㄊㄨㄛㄗㄞˋ ㄊㄨㄛ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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