拉扯 lāche

  1. lāche verb to drag; to pull
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (CCD '拉扯' 1; CED '拉扯' 1)
  2. lāche verb to raise a child
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: As in 拉扯大 (CCD '拉扯' 2; CED '拉扯' 2) For example, 好好的把两个男孩拉扯大了 'to the two boys well ...' (Lao She, 2003, p. 247)
  3. lāche verb to help; to support
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Especially, in a career (CCD '拉扯' 3; CED '拉扯' 3)
  4. lāche verb to rope in
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Especially, into a group of people in an activity (CCD '拉扯' 4; CED '拉扯' 4)
  5. lāche verb to chat
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 聊天 (CCD '拉扯' 5; CED '拉扯' 6)

Contained in

  • 拉扯大 to bring up; to rear; to raise
  • 拉拉扯扯 to tug at; to pull at somebody aggressively; to take somebody's hand or arm in a too familiar way; to hobnob

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  • 拉扯拉扯 (拉扯拉扯) 你越發拉扯拉扯我們 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 55 — count: 2