踢皮球 (tī pí qiú) — (literal) a game of kicking a ball; to kick a ball; (figurative) to pass the buck; to shift responsibility onto others
Definition
Literal meaning: kick a ball (like in a casual game). Figuratively, it means to pass the buck — everyone pushes responsibility to someone else so nothing gets solved.
verb
(literal) a game of kicking a ballto kick a ball(figurative) to pass the buckto shift responsibility onto others
Examples
- ，踢皮球。Zhè ge wèn tí shuí dōu bù guǎn, dà jiā dōu zài tī pí qiú.Nobody wants to deal with this problem; everyone is passing the buck.
- ，。Tā men tī le yí gè yuè de pí qiú, zuì hòu hái shì méi jiě jué.They passed the buck for a whole month and still didn't solve it.
- 踢皮球，。Xiǎo shí hou wǒ men cháng zài xiàng zi lǐ tī pí qiú, wán dé hěn kāi xīn.When we were kids we often kicked a ball around in the alley and had a great time.
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