Results for “拉”

to hold up a white banner (i.e. to protest)

to have a facelift / facelift

to procure / to act as pimp

(of beard etc) stubbly / scraggly / unkempt

(of a donkey etc) to turn a millstone / (fig.) to do laborious and monotonous work

to campaign for votes / to ask voters for support

stretching (exercise)

trombone

die (i.e. tool for cutting wire to a given diameter)

to pull tight / tensioning

(military) to undergo field training (camping, bivouacking, route marching, live fire practice etc) / (sports) to get into peak condition by competing overseas

(slang) disappointing / lackluster / lame / performing poorly

teh tarik, an Indian-style tea with milk

raffia (loanword)

drawing (manufacturing process in which hot metal or glass is stretched)

to pull sb close to oneself / (fig.) (typically followed by 距離|距离[jù lí]) to bridge (the distance between people) (i.e. to build a closer relationship)

to bring (people) closer together

see 鉚釘槍|铆钉枪[mǎo dīng qiāng]

to make a pinky promise

a two-man saw / fig. to-and-fro between two sides

to-and-fro tussle / closely-fought contest

resealable bag / ziplock bag / bag with a zipper

to pull a long face / to scowl

(fig.) to raise the curtain / to lift the curtain / to be a curtain raiser for

to assume a fighting stance / (fig.) to take the offensive

to seek contact with sb for one's own benefit / to suck up to sb

disorganized / rambling / incoherent

trendy / eye-catching / flashy

to pull up

to add sb to one's blacklist (on a cellphone, or in instant messaging software etc) / abbr. for 拉到黑名單|拉到黑名单

(nasty, stupid etc) as can be

craton (loanword)

Dombra or Tambura, Kazakh plucked lute

to sweep / to brush away

see 貢多拉|贡多拉[gòng duō lā]

lorazepam

incomplete / unfinished

(coll.) half

lit. to occupy a latrine but not shit (proverb) / fig. to be a dog in the manger

karaoke (loanword)