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1 General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)

拉大旗作虎皮

lā dà qí zuò hǔ pí

1 lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom)
2 fig. to borrow sb's prestige
3 to take the name of a great cause as a shield

拉家带口

lā jiā dài kǒu

1 to bear the burden of a household (idiom); encumbered by a family
2 tied down by family obligations

东拉西扯

dōng lā xī chě

1 to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently

生拉活扯

shēng lā huó chě

1 to wildly exaggerate the meaning of sth (idiom)

Sample Sentences

沙特阿拉伯同样对美国重新制裁伊朗的决定表示欢迎，

ShātèĀlābó tóngyàng duì Měiguó chóngxīn zhìcái Yīlǎng de juédìng biǎoshì huānyíng ，

Saudi Arabia also welcomed the decision.

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沿着古丝绸之路，佛教、伊斯兰教及阿拉伯的天文、历法、医药传入中国，中国的四大发明、养蚕技术也由此传向世界。更为重要的是，商品和知识交流带来了观念创新。

yánzhe gǔ SīchóuzhīLù ，Fójiào 、Yīsīlánjiào jí Ālābó de tiānwén 、lìfǎ 、yīyào chuánrù Zhōngguó ，Zhōngguó de sìdàfāmíng 、yǎngcán jìshù yě yóucǐ chuán Xiàng shìjiè 。gèngwéi zhòngyào de shì ，shāngpǐn hé zhīshi jiāoliú dàilái le guānniàn chuàngxīn 。

Buddhism and Islam came to China along the old Silk Road, along with Arabian astronomy, calendars and medicine, and China’s four great inventions (the compass, gunpowder, paper and printing) and silk farming technology also passed to the world along it. More importantly, the exchange of goods and ideas brought with it conceptual innovation.

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在这条大动脉上，资金、技术、人员等生产要素自由流动，商品、资源成果等实现共享。阿拉木图、撒马尔罕、长安等重镇和苏尔港广州等良港兴旺发达，罗马、安息、贵霜等古国欣欣向荣，中国汉唐迎来了盛世。古丝绸之路创造了地区大发展大繁荣。

zài zhè tiáo dàdòngmài shàng ，zījīn 、jìshù 、rényuán děng shēngchǎn yàosù zìyóu liúdòng ，shāngpǐn 、Zīyuán chéngguǒ děng shíxiàn gòngxiǎng 。Ālāmùtú 、Sǎmǎěrhǎn 、Chángān děng zhòngzhèn hé Sūěr gǎng Guǎngzhōu děng liánggǎng xīngwàngfādá ，Luómǎ 、ānxī 、Guǐshuāng děng gǔguó xīnxīnxiàngróng ，Zhōngguó Hàn Táng yíng lái le shèngshì 。gǔ SīchóuzhīLù chuàngzào le dìqū dà fāzhǎn dà fánróng 。

On these great thoroughfares the essential factors of production, such as capital, technology, and manpower flowed freely, with sharing of goods, resources and achievements. Important cities such as Almaty, Samarkand and Changan, along with great ports like Sur and Guangzhou flourished, while the Roman, the Arsacid and the Kushan civilisations prospered and China was enjoying the high point of its civilisation in the Han and Tang dynasties. The old Silk Road created great regional development and prosperity.

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是啊，为了让我们看到日全食，阿拉斯加航空公司延迟起飞了二十五分钟。

shì a ，wèile ràng wǒmen kàndào rìquánshí ，Ālāsījiā hángkōnggōngsī yánchí qǐfēi le èrshíwǔ fēnzhōng 。

Yes, in order for us to see the total solar eclipse, Alaska Airlines delayed take off by 25 minutes.

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呵呵，对呃。阿拉想轧个老会发嗲呃小姑娘。

huhu ，te a 。a la ɕiã gaʔ ge lɔ ɦuɛ fa tia a ɕiɔ ku niã 。

Yeah. I want a girl who can be cutesy.

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是的呀，今朝丈母娘生日，阿拉老婆已经豁翎子给我了。

zi tiIʔ ia ，tɕin tsɔ zã mu niã sã niIʔ ，aʔ laʔ lɔ bu ɦi tɕin huaʔ lin tsi po ŋu leʔ 。

Yeah, today is my mother-in-law's birthday, my wife already warned me.

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可是我觉得太高级、太现代了。没有什么传统的阿拉伯文化。

kěshì wǒ juéde tài gāojí 、tài xiàndài le 。méiyǒu shénme chuántǒng de Ālābó wénhuà 。

But I think it's too high-class, too modernized. It doesn't really have any traditional Arabian culture.

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