托词

托詞

tuōcí

noun #27,852

Meanings

1 pretext
2 excuse
3 to make an excuse

Characters

to entrust; to support; to use as pretext

word; phrase; speech

Examples

他以生病为托词，逃避了那次会议。

Tā yǐ shēngbìng wéi tuōcí, táobì le nà cì huìyì.

He used illness as a pretext to avoid the meeting.

别再找托词了，你就是不想去。

Bié zài zhǎo tuōcí le, nǐ jiùshì bù xiǎng qù.

Stop making excuses — you just don't want to go.

Tips

memory

托 means 'to rely on' or 'to entrust', and 词 means 'word/phrase'. 托词 literally means words you 'lean on' as cover — a pretext.

Stroke Order

托 tuō

词 cí