拖拉
tuō lā
Pinyin

Definition

拖拉
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tuō lā
  1. to drag along
  2. to haul
  3. (fig.) to procrastinate
  4. shilly-shallying
  5. sluggish
  6. (computing) drag and drop
  7. (loanword) tola, unit of weight, approx. 11.664 grams

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

拉
lā
  1. 1 to pull
  2. 2 to play (a bowed instrument)
  3. 3 to drag
  4. 4 to draw
  5. 5 to chat
拉手
lā shǒu
  1. 1 to hold hands
  2. 2 to shake hands
拉肚子
lā dù zi
  1. 1 (coll.) to have diarrhea
拉风
lā fēng
  1. 1 trendy
  2. 2 eye-catching
  3. 3 flashy
拉面
lā miàn
  1. 1 pulled noodles
  2. 2 ramen
拖
tuō
  1. 1 variant of 拖[tuō]
拖鞋
tuō xié
  1. 1 slippers
  2. 2 sandals
  3. 3 flip-flops
  4. 4 CL:雙|双[shuāng],隻|只[zhī]
伊拉克
Yī lā kè
  1. 1 Iraq
杰拉德
Jié lā dé
  1. 1 Gerrard (name)
克拉
kè lā
  1. 1 carat (mass) (loanword)
克拉克
Kè lā kè
  1. 1 Clark or Clarke (name)
克拉玛依
Kè lā mǎ yī
  1. 1 Qaramay shehiri (Karamay city) or Kèlāmǎyī prefecture-level city in Xinjiang
凯迪拉克
Kǎi dí lā kè
  1. 1 Cadillac
南斯拉夫
Nán sī lā fū
  1. 1 Yugoslavia, 1943-1992
卡拉
Kǎ lā
  1. 1 Kara, city in northern Togo 多哥[Duō gē]
  2. 2 Cara, Karla etc (name)
吃喝拉撒睡
chī hē lā sā shuì
  1. 1 to eat, drink, shit, piss, and sleep
  2. 2 (fig.) the ordinary daily routine
呼拉圈
hū lā quān
  1. 1 hula hoop (loanword)
哥斯拉
Gē sī lā
  1. 1 Godzilla
喜马拉雅
Xǐ mǎ lā yǎ
  1. 1 the Himalayas
堪培拉
Kān péi lā
  1. 1 Canberra, capital of Australia

Idioms (8)

拉大旗作虎皮
lā dà qí zuò hǔ pí
  1. 1 lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to borrow sb's prestige
  3. 3 to take the name of a great cause as a shield
拉家带口
lā jiā dài kǒu
  1. 1 to bear the burden of a household (idiom); encumbered by a family
  2. 2 tied down by family obligations
东拉西扯
dōng lā xī chě
  1. 1 to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
生拉活扯
shēng lā huó chě
  1. 1 to wildly exaggerate the meaning of sth (idiom)
老鼠拉龟，无从下手
lǎo shǔ lā guī , wú cóng xià shǒu
  1. 1 like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom)
  2. 2 no clue where to start
连拖带拉
lián tuō dài lā
  1. 1 pushing and pulling (idiom)
鸟不拉屎，鸡不生蛋
niǎo bù lā shǐ , jī bù shēng dàn
  1. 1 lit. (a place where) birds don't defecate and hens don't lay eggs (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. god-forsaken
  3. 3 remote and desolate
鸟不生蛋，狗不拉屎
niǎo bù shēng dàn , gǒu bù lā shǐ
  1. 1 lit. (a place where) birds don't lay eggs and dogs don't defecate (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. god-forsaken
  3. 3 remote and desolate

Sample Sentences

那你下个月开始去别的店上班吧，我这里养不起你，做事慢、爱拖拉，上班时间也不能配合。
nà nǐ xià ge yuè kāishǐ qù biéde diàn shàngbān ba ，wǒ zhèlǐ yǎngbuqǐ nǐ ，zuòshì màn 、ài tuōlā ，shàngbān shíjiān yě bù néng pèihé 。
So starting next month you can go work somewhere else, I can't afford to keep you. You work too slowly, you like to dilly dally and you can't work the shifts necessary.
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开拖拉机
kāi tuōlājī
To drive a tractor.
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我认为慢工出细活，不能算拖拉吧。还有我觉得安排不合理的时候，才会拒绝。
wǒ rènwéi màngōng chū xìhuór ，bùnéng suàn tuōlā ba 。háiyǒu wǒ juéde ānpái bù hélǐ de shíhou ，cái huì jùjué 。
I think being slow and deliberate is the way to produce the best results. You can't really call it sluggish. Also, I only refuse to go along with the plan when I think it's unreasonable.
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还有人反映你工作有点儿拖拉，有时候不服从工作安排。
hái yǒu rén fǎnyìng nǐ gōngzuò yǒudiǎnr tuōlā ，yǒushíhou bù fúcóng gōngzuò ānpái 。
Also, some people have reported that your work is a bit sluggish, and that sometimes you don't go along with the work plan.
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