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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)
[lāhòutuǐ]
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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。
When a man sees somebody being wantonly attacked on the road, he will immediately go to his rescue.
抄别人的文章
plagiarize (from) somebody else's writing
有人在呼我。
Somebody is paging me.
手电筒霍然一亮。
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。
He didn't write the essay; somebody else did, and published it under his name.

Vocab List (1 of 17)

somebody
['s^mbədɪ]
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from wang's Vocab List
  • 1. see someone
  • 2. 某人;有人 =someone

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