| 互相推诿 |
hù xiāng tuī wěi |
mutually shirking responsibilities (idiom); each blaming the other / passing the buck to and fro / each trying to unload responsibilities onto the other |
| 互 |
hù |
mutual |
| 互相 |
hù xiāng |
each other / mutually / mutual |
| 相 |
Xiāng |
surname Xiang |
| 相 |
xiāng |
each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶 (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品) |
| 相 |
xiàng |
appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc) |
| 推 |
tuī |
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 |
| 推诿 |
tuī wěi |
to shirk responsibility / to blame others / to pass the buck |
| 诿 |
wěi |
to shirk / to give excuses |