Definition & Meaning

1.tow a boat; be a barge hauler

2.act as broker/middleman/go-between; make a match

Word usage

lā qiàn

拉 纤

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1
v.tow a boat; be a barge hauler
- wǒ men bù dé bù cǎi qǔ zuì yuán shǐ de yě shì zuì fèi lì de fāng fǎ lā qiàn
  我们不得不采取最原始的也是最费力的方法拉纤。
  We were obliged to resort to the primitive and most exhausting resource of towing the boat.
2
v.metaact as broker/middleman/go-between; make a match
- shuō méi lā qiàn
  说媒拉纤
  serve as a matchmaker
- zhè bǐ shēng yi shì tā lā qiàn de
  这笔生意是他拉纤的。
  It was with his arrangement that this deal was made possible.

Word usage

Separable word
"拉" and "纤" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
- 纤夫们正拉着纤。
  The boat tracker was towing a boat.
- 我拉过纤。
  I towed a boat.
- 这笔生意是他拉的纤。
  It was he that acted as a middleman in this case.

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