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Character Decomposition
拉=扌+立
Etymology
hand
Meanings3 pronunciations
lā
to pull
to play (a bowed instrument)
to drag
to draw
to chat
(coll.) to empty one's bowels
lá
to make a cut in (sth); to slit; to gash; to slash
là
used in 拉拉蛄 là là gǔ
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Words with 拉 872 total
Allah (Arabic name of God)阿拉A1 lā(of beard etc) stubbly · scraggly · unkempt拉碴lā chātension bar拉杆lā gān(dialect) to chat · to gossip拉呱lā guato try to stop a fight · to intervene in a fight拉架lā jiàa two-man saw · fig. to-and-fro between two sides拉锯lā jùto pull open · to pull apart · to space out · to increase拉开lā kāiLala, Philippines拉拉Lā lāpulling force · (fig.) allure · (materials testing) tensile strength · (loanword) rally拉力lā lì(military) to undergo field training (camping, bivouacking, route marching, live fire practice etc) · (sports) to get into peak condition by competing overseas拉练lā liànto rope in · fig. to involve sb · to entice拉拢lā lǒngto bring to the same level · to even up · to flare out · to flatten out拉平lā píng(loanword) lira (currency of Turkey)里拉lǐ lā(onom.) · same as 噶喇 gá lǎ噶拉gá lādisorganized · rambling · incoherent拉杂lā zá(coll.) half半拉bàn lǎ
Idioms with 拉 25 total Chain
incomplete · unfinished半半拉拉bàn bàn lā lālike breaking down a decayed stump · (as easy as) crushing dry weeds and smashing rotten wood · smash (the putrid forces) easily like breaking dry branches · sweep away all obstacles in the way · all-powerful摧枯拉朽cuī kū lā xiǔto talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently东拉西扯dōng lā xī chě
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