急緩
Chinese
| hurried; worried | slow; sluggish; gradual slow; sluggish; gradual; to postpone | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (急緩) | 急 | 緩 | |
| simp. (急缓) | 急 | 缓 | |
| anagram | 緩急／缓急 | ||
Pronunciation
Noun
急緩
- (literary) crisis, emergency
- 楊師道性純善，自無愆過，而情實怯懦，未甚更事，急緩不可得力。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Taiping Guangji (Extensive Records of the Taiping Era), 978 CE
- Yáng Shīdào xìng chún shàn, zì wú qiānguò, ér qíng shí qiènuò, wèi shèn gēngshì, jíhuǎn bùkě délì. [Pinyin]
- Yang Shidao is pure and kind in nature and has not a transgression, but he is in fact cowardly, inexperienced in handling matters, and ineffective in times of crisis.
杨师道性纯善，自无愆过，而情实怯懦，未甚更事，急缓不可得力。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
References
- 急緩 in ZDIC
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