拔河
bá hé
Pinyin
Definition
拔河
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- tug-of-war
- to take part in a tug-of-war
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 Xiahe county in Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘南藏族自治州[Gān nán Zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Gansu, formerly Amdo province of Tibet
- 1 Milky Way
- 2 Tianhe district of Guangzhou city 廣州市|广州市[Guǎng zhōu shì], Guangdong
- 1 Hebei province (Hopeh) in north China surrounding Beijing, short name 冀, capital Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shí jiā zhuāng]
- 1 Henan province (Honan) in central China, abbr. 豫, capital Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zhèng zhōu]
Idioms (20)
一毛不拔
- 1 stingy (idiom)
不到黄河心不死
- 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
- 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
- 3 to keep going while some hope is left
信口开河
- 1 to speak without thinking (idiom)
- 2 to blurt sth out
出类拔萃
- 1 to excel the common (idiom); surpassing
- 2 preeminent
- 3 outstanding
剑拔弩张
- 1 lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility
- 2 at daggers drawn