拉开 (拉開)
lā kāi
Pinyin

Definition

拉开 (拉開)
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lā kāi
  1. to pull open
  2. to pull apart
  3. to space out
  4. to increase

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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
拉面
lā miàn
  1. 1 pulled noodles
  2. 2 ramen

Idioms (8)

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
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

Sample Sentences

小尤赶紧拉开抽屉，看到了一张照片，一个文件袋和一个响个不停的旧手机。
Xiǎo Yóu gǎnjǐn lākāi chōuti ，kàndào le yī zhāng zhàopiàn ，yī ge wénjiàndài hé yī gè xiǎng ge bùtíng de jiù shǒujī 。
Xiao You pulled open the drawer and saw a photograph, a folder of documents and an old cell phone, ringing and ringing.
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