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Trad. 延遲
- to delay
- to postpone
- to keep putting sth off
- to procrastinate
- (computing) to lag
Trad. 凌遲
- the lingering death
- the death of a thousand cuts (old form of capital punishment)
Trad. 遲浩田
- Chi Haotian (1929-), Chinese Minister of National Defense 1993-2003
Trad. 尉遲恭
- General Yuchi Gong (585-658), famous military man instrumental in founding the Tang dynasty
Trad. 雖遲但到
- (slang) slow to arrive but eventually shows up
Trad. 事不宜遲
- the matter should not be delayed
- there's no time to lose
Trad. 毫不遲疑
- without the slightest hesitation
Trad. 姍姍來遲
- to be late
- to arrive slowly
- to be slow in the coming
Trad. 說時遲,那時快
- (idiom) no sooner said than done
- before you know it
Trad. 船到江心,補漏遲
- It's too late to plug the leak once ship is in the middle of the river. (idiom)
Trad. 出來混遲早要還的
- if you live a life of crime, sooner or later you'll pay for it
