耽误

tā fāng dān wu le gōng chéng

塌方耽误了工程。

The cave-in has hold up the project.

zuò gōng jiāo chē dān wu shí jiān zán men dǎ chē ba

坐公交车耽误时间，咱们打车吧。

It takes too much time to get there by bus. Let's take a taxi.

dān wu le liǎng gè xiǎo shí méi yǒu jiǎn ruò tā men de rè qíng

耽误了两个小时没有减弱他们的热情。

A delay of two hours did not dampen their enthusiasm.

dān wu gōng fu

耽误功夫

waste time

bǎ dān wu de shí jiān qiǎng huí lai

把耽误的时间抢回来

make up for lost time

yī fēn zhōng yě bù néng dān wu

一分钟也不能耽误

cannot lose a single minute

dān wu gōng qī

耽误工期

delay the project

dān wu shì qing

耽误事情

delay matters

wǒ de kāi chǎng bái bù huì hěn cháng miǎn de dān wu nǐ men de shí jiān

我的开场白不会很长，免得耽误你们的时间。

I will not delay you by a long preface.