划拉
huá la
Pinyin

Definition

划拉
 - 
huá la
  1. to sweep
  2. to brush away

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

划
huá
  1. 1 to row
  2. 2 to paddle
  3. 3 profitable
  4. 4 worth (the effort)
  5. 5 it pays (to do sth)
拉
lā
  1. 1 to pull
  2. 2 to play (a bowed instrument)
  3. 3 to drag
  4. 4 to draw
  5. 5 to chat
拉手
lā shǒu
  1. 1 to hold hands
  2. 2 to shake hands
拉肚子
lā dù zi
  1. 1 (coll.) to have diarrhea
拉风
lā fēng
  1. 1 trendy
  2. 2 eye-catching
  3. 3 flashy
规划
guī huà
  1. 1 to plan (how to do sth)
  2. 2 planning
  3. 3 plan
  4. 4 program
计划
jì huà
  1. 1 plan
  2. 2 project
  3. 3 program
  4. 4 to plan
  5. 5 to map out
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè],項|项[xiàng]
企划
qǐ huà
  1. 1 to plan
  2. 2 to lay out
  3. 3 to design
伊拉克
Yī lā kè
  1. 1 Iraq
杰拉德
Jié lā dé
  1. 1 Gerrard (name)
克拉
kè lā
  1. 1 carat (mass) (loanword)
克拉克
Kè lā kè
  1. 1 Clark or Clarke (name)
克拉玛依
Kè lā mǎ yī
  1. 1 Qaramay shehiri (Karamay city) or Kèlāmǎyī prefecture-level city in Xinjiang
凯迪拉克
Kǎi dí lā kè
  1. 1 Cadillac
出谋划策
chū móu huà cè
  1. 1 to put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory)
  2. 2 to give advice (idiom)
划拳
huá quán
  1. 1 finger-guessing game
划算
huá suàn
  1. 1 to calculate
  2. 2 to weigh (pros and cons)
  3. 3 to view as profitable
  4. 4 worthwhile
  5. 5 value for money
  6. 6 cost-effective
划船
huá chuán
  1. 1 to row a boat
  2. 2 rowing boat
  3. 3 rowing (sport)
划一
huà yī
  1. 1 uniform
  2. 2 to standardize
划下
huà xià
  1. 1 to underline
  2. 2 to mark

Idioms (11)

出谋划策
chū móu huà cè
  1. 1 to put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory)
  2. 2 to give advice (idiom)
拉大旗作虎皮
lā dà qí zuò hǔ pí
  1. 1 lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to borrow sb's prestige
  3. 3 to take the name of a great cause as a shield
拉家带口
lā jiā dài kǒu
  1. 1 to bear the burden of a household (idiom); encumbered by a family
  2. 2 tied down by family obligations
指手划脚
zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo
  1. 1 to gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands
  2. 2 to criticize or give orders summarily
  3. 3 also written 指手畫腳|指手画脚
整齐划一
zhěng qí huà yī
  1. 1 to be adjusted to uniformity (usually of weights and measures) (idiom)
东拉西扯
dōng lā xī chě
  1. 1 to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
生拉活扯
shēng lā huó chě
  1. 1 to wildly exaggerate the meaning of sth (idiom)
老鼠拉龟，无从下手
lǎo shǔ lā guī , wú cóng xià shǒu
  1. 1 like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom)
  2. 2 no clue where to start
连拖带拉
lián tuō dài lā
  1. 1 pushing and pulling (idiom)
鸟不拉屎，鸡不生蛋
niǎo bù lā shǐ , jī bù shēng dàn
  1. 1 lit. (a place where) birds don't defecate and hens don't lay eggs (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. god-forsaken
  3. 3 remote and desolate
鸟不生蛋，狗不拉屎
niǎo bù shēng dàn , gǒu bù lā shǐ
  1. 1 lit. (a place where) birds don't lay eggs and dogs don't defecate (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. god-forsaken
  3. 3 remote and desolate

Sample Sentences

瞧瞧吧，有啥好聊的呢？你还没开口，对方在手机APP上一划拉，啥都知道了。
qiáoqiáo ba ，yǒu shá hǎo liáo de ne ？nǐ hái méi kāikǒu ，duìfāng zài shǒujī shàng yī huála ，shá dōu zhīdào le 。
“Check it out. Is there anything to chat about? You haven't opened your mouth, and the other person has swiped on the mobile app, and they know everything already."
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