Chinese word

推卸

Pronunciation

Pinyintuī xiè

Meaning

  • verbpass off

Example

别把工作都推卸给我。bié bǎ gōng zuò dōu tuī xiè gěi wǒ

Don't pass all the work off onto me.

Illustration for 推卸 (pass off)

More examples

公司不能把问题推卸给员工。gōng sī bù néng bǎ wèn tí tuī xiè gěi yuán gōng

The company cannot pass the problem off onto its employees.

Core concept

A person pushes an unwanted duty away and unloads its weight onto someone else.

Common phrases

  • 推卸责任tuī xiè zé rèn

    pass off responsibility

  • 推卸任务tuī xiè rèn wù

    pass off a task

Similar words

推诿tuī wěi: Send responsibility or work to another person while refusing to take it on.
推脱tuī tuō: Give excuses for declining a request or troublesome task rather than accepting it.
逃避táo bì: Stay away from a difficult matter or responsibility instead of dealing with it.
推责tuī zé: Put the blame for a mistake or problem on another person to reduce personal burden.

Definition in Chinese

通过借口或推诿，把自己应承担的责任或工作转交给别人，不承担后果。tōng guò jiè kǒu huò tuī wěi bǎ zì jǐ yìng chéng dān de zé rèn huò gōng zuò zhuǎn jiāo gěi bié rén bù chéng dān hòu guǒ

Word origin

推 (tuī, "push") + 卸 (xiè, "unload") creates the image of pushing away a load, which develops into shifting a duty or its consequences to another person.

Usage tips

  • When this verb describes a person's conduct, it signals criticism, so it does not fit a neutral report that duties were reassigned.

Other meanings

  • dumpverb
  • shirkverb

Opposites

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