耽搁

Example sentences

• wǒ我bèi被jiāotōng交通dǔsè堵塞dānge耽搁le了。
  I was delayed by a traffic jam.
• huǒchē火车yīn因dàxuě大雪bèi被dānge耽搁le了。
  The train was delayed because of heavy snowfall.
• bié别jǐnzhāng紧张，rúcǐyīlái如此一来tā他jiù就bù不huì会rènwéi认为nǐ你dài带le了wéijìnpǐn违禁品ér而kāixiāng开箱jiǎnchá检查dānge耽搁shíjiān时间。
  Don't be nervous. Because of this he won't think you're carrying any contraband, and won't open your trunk to check, and hold you up.