lā hòu tuǐ
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  • 1

    sluse one's personal connections in order to hold somebody back; hold somebody back; be a drag on somebody

    • tā yào zhǎo gè zhí yè dàn tā de zhàng fu lā hòu tuǐ

      职业丈夫拉后腿

      She wantd to find a job, but her husband held her back.

  • 2

    metathe progress of the overall work affected by the poor local work

    • cǐ cì de hé bìng bìng méi yǒu zhēn duì yī xiē gěi rì běn shì chǎng lā hòu tuǐ de jī běn de wèn tí

      此次合并没有针对一些日本市场拉后腿基本问题

      The merger does not address some of the fundamental problems holding back Japan's markets.

    • suī rán shuō yǐn lì zài nǐ de shēng huó zhōng shì lā hòu tuǐ de kě néng yǒu xiē qí guài dàn wēi guān shang kàn què shí rú cǐ

      虽然引力生活拉后腿可能有些奇怪微观确实如此

      Although gravity holds you down all your life that might sound strange, it's true on a microscopic level.

Word usage

  • "拉" and "后腿" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
    • 毛病

      Don't let the small problem hold you back.

    • 以前班级

      I held the class back before.