拖
tuō
Pinyin

Definition

拖
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tuō
  1. to drag
  2. to tow
  3. to trail
  4. to hang down
  5. to mop (the floor)
  6. to delay
  7. to drag on
拖 (拕)
 - 
tuō
  1. variant of 拖[tuō]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

拍拖
pāi tuō
  1. 1 (dialect) to date sb
拖
tuō
  1. 1 variant: 拖 tuō
拖鞋
tuō xié
  1. 1 slippers
  2. 2 sandals
  3. 3 flip-flops
  4. 4 classifier: 双 shuāng
  5. 5 classifier: 只 zhī
拖住
tuō zhù
  1. 1 to hold up
  2. 2 to hinder
  3. 3 to stall
拖地
tuō dì
  1. 1 to mop the floor
  2. 2 (of a gown etc) to trail on the ground
  3. 3 full-length

Idioms (1)

连拖带拉
lián tuō dài lā
  1. 1 pushing and pulling (idiom)

Sample Sentences

主管，他总是喜欢拖延，我比较不喜欢和他一起工作。
zhǔguǎn ，tā zǒngshì xǐhuan tuōyán ，wǒ bǐjiào bù xǐhuan hé tā yīqǐ gōngzuò 。
Mister, he has a tendency to procrastinate. I don’t really like to work with him.
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老板开会的时候常常拖泥带水。
lǎobǎn kāihuì de shíhou chángcháng tuōnídàishuǐ 。
The boss always drags the meetings out.
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拖泥带水
tuōnídàishuǐ
sloppy
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他做事总是拖泥带水。
tā zuòshì zǒngshì tuōnídàishuǐ 。
His work is always sloppy.
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他做事又快又好，从不拖泥带水。
tā zuòshì yòu kuài yòu hǎo ，cóngbù tuōnídàishuǐ 。
He does quick and quality work, He doesn't work sloppily.
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他在这车水马龙的城市里如鱼得水，因为他从不拖泥带水。
tā zài zhè chēshuǐmǎlóng de chéngshì lǐ rúyúdéshuǐ ，yīnwèi tā cóngbù tuōnídàishuǐ 。
In this bustling city, he is like a fish in water. Because he never works sloppily.
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隔天他拖着疲惫的身躯去上班，晚上剩他一个人准备打烊的时候，女孩儿又来了。秦宇显得有点不知所措。
gétiān tā tuō zhe píbèi de shēnqū qù shàngbān ，wǎnshang shèng tā yīgē rén zhǔnbèi dǎyàng de shíhou ，nǚháiēr yòu lái le 。QínYǔ xiǎnde yǒudiǎn bùzhīsuǒcuò 。
The next day, he dragged himself to work. When it was time to close the shop at night, the girl came again. QinYu looked like he didn't know what to do.
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副市长路易吉布鲁尼亚罗说，在建的水下坝原本应能阻挡洪水，建设项目却因超支和腐败一拖再拖。
fù shìzhǎng lùyìjí bùlǔníyàluó shuō ，zàijiàn de shuǐxiàbà yuánběn yīng néng zǔdǎng hóngshuǐ ，jiànshè xiàngmù què yīn chāozhī hé fǔbài yītuōzàituō 。
Deputy Mayor Luigi Brugnaro said that the underwater dam currently under construction could have prevented the floods. However the construction project was delayed due to overspending and corruption.
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嗯，其实我最近感冒也拖了很久了，每次快要好了，病情又加重。也经常闹肚子疼，病恹恹的样子我自己也受不了。
en ，qíshí wǒ zuìjìn gǎnmào yě tuō le hěn jiǔ le ，měicì kuàiyào hǎo le ，bìngqíng yòu jiāzhòng 。yě jīngcháng nào dùzi téng ，bìngyānyān de yàngzi wǒ zìjǐ yě shòubùliǎo 。
Yeah, my recent cold actually dragged out for quite some time. Every time it was almost better, it just got even worse. I also often get stomach aches, so that I was fed up with being sick and miserable.
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那我的经验是，醒来还在床上翻来覆去，容易一整天都头晕脑胀的，早起后拖着不干正事，我会因为浪费时间而深感沮丧。
nà wǒ de jīngyàn shì ，xǐnglái háizài chuáng shàng fānláifùqù ，róngyì yīzhěngtiān dōu tóuyūnnǎozhàng de ，zǎoqǐ hòu tuō zhe bù gàn zhèngshì ，wǒ huì yīnwèi làngfèi shíjiān ér shēn gǎn jǔsàng 。
My experience is that if you toss and turn in your bed after you wake up, you end up feeling hazy all day long. If I don't get up to some proper stuff in the morning, I actually feel upset that I've wasted my time.
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