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拉扯

Mandarin · pinyin lā che

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拉: lā · pull, drag; seize, hold; lengthen
扯: chě · rip up, tear down; raise; haul

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1–5 · la1 che5

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

laai1 ce2

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verb

(informal) to drag; to pull; to tug
(informal) to take pains to bring up (a child)
(informal) to struggle within one's mind
(informal) to help; to support; to promote
(informal) to gang up with; to rope in
(informal) to implicate; to drag in
(informal) to chat; to chit-chat

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