支吾 zhīwú

1. zhīwú noun to resist; to defy
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '支吾'; Guoyu '支吾' 1)
2. zhīwú verb to handle
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '支吾'; Guoyu '支吾' 2)
3. zhīwu verb to respond evasively; to make excuses
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '支吾'; Guoyu '支吾' zhīwu; Mathews 1931 '支吾', p. 130)

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支吾其词 、 支支吾吾

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• Scroll 2 Treasured Instructions of Chan Temples (Chanlin Baoxun) 禪林寶訓 — count: 1
• Scroll 25 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 1