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Character Decomposition
缓=纟+爰
Etymology
thread
Meanings
slow
unhurried
sluggish
gradual
not tense
relaxed
to postpone
to defer
to stall
to stave off
to revive
to recuperate
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Words with 缓 139 total
slow · sluggish迟缓chí huǎnlow and unhurried (voice etc) · low and gently sloping (terrain)低缓dī huǎnto walk slowly · to amble along · gradually · slowly缓步huǎn bùto ease (tension) · to alleviate · to moderate · to allay · to make more mild缓和huǎn héslowly · unhurriedly · little by little缓缓huǎn huǎnto urge reconciliation · to dissuade from punitive action缓颊huǎn jiáslow; unhurried; sluggish缓慢huǎn mànto defer · to put off (until later) · to postpone缓期huǎn qīmild · gentle · to ease up · to relax和缓hé huǎnto relax; to slacken; to ease · (physics) relaxation (in nuclear magnetic resonance)弛缓chí huǎnrelieved · tensions relax宽缓kuān huǎnto ease (tension) · to relax · to cause sth to relax · to alleviate · relaxed · easy and unhurried · leisurely · soothing · mild (slope)舒缓shū huǎndeferred death sentence · commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal)死缓sǐ huǎnto relax · relaxed纾缓shū huǎn
Idioms with 缓 17 total Chain
delaying tactics; stalling; measures to stave off an attack; stratagem to win a respite缓兵之计huǎn bīng zhī jìlit. slow no aid to urgent (idiom); slow measures will not address a critical situation · too slow to meet a pressing need缓不济急huǎn bù jì jíto help one another in difficulty · mutual assistance in extremity缓急相济huǎn jí xiāng jìto brook no delay · to demand immediate action刻不容缓kè bù róng huǎn
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