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Chinese dictionary
- 1
sluse one's personal connections in order to hold somebody back; hold somebody back; be a drag on somebody
她要找个职业,但她的丈夫拉后腿。
She wantd to find a job, but her husband held her back.
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- 2
metathe progress of the overall work affected by the poor local work
此次的合并并没有针对一些给日本市场拉后腿的基本的问题。
The merger does not address some of the fundamental problems holding back Japan's markets.
虽然说引力在你的生活中是拉后腿的可能有些奇怪,但微观上看确实如此。
Although gravity holds you down all your life that might sound strange, it's true on a microscopic level.
Word usage
- Separable word"拉" and "后腿" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
别让小毛病拉了你的后腿。
Don't let the small problem hold you back.
我以前也拉过班级的后腿。
I held the class back before.