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拉
pull


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Chinese > English
           (zh-alt-inline, 摺, 搚, 拹)
     1. to pull; to drag; to tug
           將 窗簾 拉laai1 落嚟 - pull down window blinds
     2. to transport by vehicle; to haul; to carry on a vehicle
     3. to play (a bowed instrument, an accordion, etc.)
           拉 二胡 - to play the erhu
           我 不會 拉 小提琴。 - I don't know how to play the violin.
     4. to drag out; to draw out
     5. (Mainland) to owe; to be in arrears
     6. to lead (a group to a place); to move (a group to a place)
     7. to help; to lend (a hand)
     8. to invite; to recruit
     9. to drag in; to implicate
     10. to draw in; to canvass; to solicit; to attract
     11. to organize (a group); to form (a group)
     12. (Cantonese) to arrest
     13. (dialectal) to bring up; to raise
     14. (Mainland, colloquial) to chat
           拉 家常 - to chitchat
     15. to excrete
           拉 大便 - to poo
     16. (Hong Kong, internet slang) to cause a thread to sink to the bottom of list of threads; to "pull".
           (syn, yue, pull)
           (ant, yue, 推, push)
     17. (dated Shanghainese Wu) (Used to mark the perfective aspect.)
           (syn, zh, 拉哉, 拉哩)
           勿 吃 要 罰 個!吃 拉哉。 - tr=, If you didn't eat you would be punished! Finish the food (ie. have the food be finished)., SH, ref=2010, Qian Nairong, 《從〈滬語便商〉所見的老上海話時態》 (Tenses and Aspects? Old Shanghai
     18. (Mainland) to cut; to slit; to slash
           (zh-alt-inline, 剌)
     19. (Mainland, colloquial) section; part
     20. Alternative form of 落 (là)
     21. (zh-used, 拉拉蛄,) Alternative form of 蝲蝲蛄
     22. (A verbal suffix.)
Chinese > Chinese
     1. 其他变体:拉
English > Chinese
pull
     1. 动词. 拔;拉
     2. 动词. 行驶
     3. 动词. pull out 拔出
     4. 动词. pull in 车进站
     5. 动词. pull on 穿;戴
     6. 动词. pull down 摧毁
     7. 动词. 车行驶进站。
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