Search results for ‘somebody’
Chinese to English Dictionary (1-5 of 533)
- 拉下水
- [lāxiàshuǐ]
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pull somebody into the water—get somebody involved in one's scheme; drag somebody into the mire; make an accomplice of somebody; corrupt somebody
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- 暗送秋波
- [ànsòngqiūbō]
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make eyes at somebody; give somebody the glad eye; ogle; make secret overtures to somebody
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- 扯后腿(扯後腿)
- [chěhòutuǐ]
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hold somebody back (from action); be a drag on somebody; be a hindrance to somebody
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- 给小鞋穿(給小鞋穿)
- [gěixiǎoxiéchuān]
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give somebody tight shoes to wear—make things difficult for somebody by abusing one's power; make somebody feel the pinch
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- 拉后腿(拉後腿)
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hold somebody back; be a drag on somebody; be a hindrance to somebody
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Examples (1-5 of 26)
- 路见不平,拔刀相助。
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When a man sees somebody being wantonly attacked on the road, he will immediately go to his rescue.
- 抄别人的文章
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plagiarize (from) somebody else's writing
- 有人在呼我。
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Somebody is paging me.
- 手电筒霍然一亮。
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Suddenly somebody flashed an electric torch.
- 这篇文章不是他写的,是别人假托他的名义发表的。
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He didn't write the essay; somebody else did, and published it under his name.
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