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

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)

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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