搪塞

nǐ bié gěi wǒ zhī wú táng sè

你别给我支吾搪塞。

Stop giving me excuses!

zěn me yě táng sè bù guò qù

怎么也搪塞不过去！

There's no getting out of it!

yòng jiè kǒu táng sè mǒu rén

用借口搪塞某人

stall somebody off with an excuse

bié táng sè wǒ

别搪塞我。

Don't equivocate with me.

tā táng sè le wǒ jǐ jù

他搪塞了我几句。

He stalled me off with an evasive answer.

tā zhuǎn huàn huà tí xiǎng bǎ wǒ de xún wèn táng sè guò qù

她转换话题想把我的询问搪塞过去。

She guided the conversation into another subject to fob off my enquiry.

táng sè chāi shi

搪塞差事

perform a duty perfunctorily

qiáo dū dū nóng nóng de táng sè shuō tā tóu tòng

乔嘟嘟哝哝地搪塞说他头痛。

Joe muttered some feeble excuse about having a headache.