推卸 meaning in English

tuīxiè

to avoid (esp. responsibility); to shift (the blame); to pass the buck

HSK 7-9verb20 strokes

Meaning of 推卸

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

tuīxiè
  1. to avoid (esp. responsibility); to shift (the blame); to pass the buck

推卸 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

有yǒu人rén说shuō,玛mǎ丽lì·安ān托tuō瓦wǎ内nèi特tè对duì法fǎ国guó大dà革gé命mìng有yǒu着zhe不bù可kě推tuī卸xiè的de责zé任rèn。
They say that Marie Antoinette was responsible for the French Revolution.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

推 tuī · to push · 11 strokes

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卸 xiè · to unload · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 推卸.

推进tuījìnto impel; to carry forward
推动tuīdòngto push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to
推开tuīkāito push open (a gate etc); to push away
推广tuīguǎngto extend; to spread
推迟tuīchíto postpone; to put off
推销tuīxiāoto market; to sell
推行tuīxíngto implement; to carry out; to introduce (a policy, system, reform etc); to promote; to ad
推出tuīchūto push out; to release
推荐tuījiànto recommend
推测tuīcèspeculation; to conjecture
推翻tuīfānto overthrow
推理tuīlǐreasoning; inference

Questions about 推卸

What does 推卸 mean?

推卸 (tuīxiè) means "to avoid (esp. responsibility); to shift (the blame); to pass the buck" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 推卸?

推卸 is made of 2 characters: 推 (11 strokes), 卸 (9 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

Is 推卸 an HSK word?

Yes. 推卸 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.