拉扯
lā che
Pinyin

Definition

拉扯
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lā che
  1. to drag
  2. to pull
  3. to raise a child (through difficulties)
  4. to help
  5. to support
  6. to drag in
  7. to chat

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

扯
chě
  1. 1 to pull
  2. 2 to tear
  3. 3 (of cloth, thread etc) to buy
  4. 4 to chat
  5. 5 to gossip
  6. 6 (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous
  7. 7 hokey
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)

丢轮扯炮
diū lún chě pào
  1. 1 lose a wheel, tear at the gun (idiom); flustered and confused in a panic
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)

Sample Sentences

这些我也都知道，可是我还是接受不了。可能是我的传统观念太强了。老话不是说“养儿防老”吗？我爸辛辛苦苦把我拉扯大，容易吗？现在老了，应该是我孝敬他的时候了。
zhèxiē wǒ yě dōu zhīdào ，kěshì wǒ háishi jiēshòu buliǎo 。kěnéng shì wǒ de chuántǒng guānniàn tài qiáng le 。lǎohuà bù shì shuō “yǎng\'érfánglǎo ”ma ？wǒ bà xīnxīnkǔkǔ bǎ wǒ lāche dà ，róngyì ma ？xiànzài lǎo le ，yīnggāi shì wǒ xiàojìng tā de shíhou le 。
I know all that, but I just can't accept it. Maybe my traditional views are too strong. Doesn't the old proverb go ''Raise a child to ward off old age?" My dad busted his hump to raise me. Do you think that was easy? Now that he's old, this is the time when I should be a good son for him.
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什么叫“ 百德孝为先”！妈一把屎一把尿地把我们拉扯大，为了我们的前途和终身大事操碎了心，一辈子用血汗挣来的积蓄还给我们买了房子。现在我们什么都有了，反过来就不认娘了？
shénme jiào “ bǎi dé xiào wéi xiān ”！mā yī bǎ shǐ yī bǎ niào de bǎ wǒmen lāchě dà ，wèile wǒmen de qiántú hé zhōngshēn dàshì cāosuì le xīn ，yībèizi yòng xuěhàn zhènglái de jīxù hái gěi wǒmen mǎi le fángzi 。xiànzài wǒmen shénme dōu yǒu le ，fǎnguòlái jiù bù rèn niáng le ？
What's the meaning of ''the greatest virtue is filial piety"? How many dirty diapers did our mom change as she brought us up? She worried so much about our prospects, and our marriages. With the savings she earned with a lifetime of sweat and blood, she even bought a house for us. Now it's the other way around, and we have everything.
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拉扯一番才能决定谁付钱。
lāchě yìfān cáinéng juédìng shéi fùqián 。
Only after a whole lot of tugging back and forth can you decide who pays.
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