Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.infmldrag; pull; draw; tug
小孩一直拉扯着他妈妈的衣袖。
The child kept plucking at his mother's sleeve.
你拉扯住她,别让她走。
Hold her back and don't let go of her.
谁也拉扯不住他。
Nobody can draw him away from it.
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- 2
v.take pains to bring up (a child)
她一个人得拉扯四个孩子。
She has to bring up four children by herself.
他一手把孩子拉扯大。
He raised the children himself.
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- 3
v.promote; support; help; assist
他的老板有心拉扯他一把。
His boss had a mind to promote him.
老师见他有出息,愿意特别拉扯他一把。
His teacher finds him promising and is willing to give him special help.
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- 4
v.rope in; gang up with; collude with; draw somebody over to one's side
他是个很会拉扯的人。
He knows how to strike up an acquaintance.
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- 5
v.implicate; drag in; involve
为什么把我拉扯进去?
Why drag me in?
你们吵架时不要把他拉扯进去。
Don't drag him into your quarrel.
你自己做事自己承担,不要拉扯别人。
Take the blame for what you've done. Don't drag other people in.
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- 6
v.chat; chit-chat; gossip
我没时间跟你拉扯。
I'm too busy to chat with you.
你忙吧,我们改天再拉扯。
I'd better leave you attending to your business. We can have a chat some other time.
他心里有事,没心思跟我拉扯。
He had something on his mind and was in no mood to chat with me.
Word usage
- Reduplication"拉扯" can be reduplicated, for example: "拉拉扯扯".
别拉拉扯扯的,把我的衣服都快撕破了。
Don't pull at my clothes. You are going to tear them.