拉落水

Cantonese · source Jyutpinglaai1 lok6 seoi2

Meanings

  1. to drag someone into a situation for which they are not to blame [colloquial]
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Same syllable, six tones

loklok1—lok2—络lok3net-likelok4—lok5—樂lok6happy

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: la1 luo4shui3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

laai1 lok6 seoi2

Cantonese word readings for 拉落水. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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CC-Canto · Pleco Inc. · edition 2017-02-02
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Exact source record & identity拉落水 拉落水 [la1 luo4shui3] {laai1 lok6 seoi2} /to drag someone into a situation for which they are not to blame [colloquial]/

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