拉拉扯扯

Chinese

		to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag; to draw	to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag; to draw	pull; tear; to talk casually	pull; tear; to talk casually
simp. and trad. (拉拉扯扯)		拉	拉	扯	扯
AABB-type reduplication of 拉扯 (lāche).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lālāchěchě

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚ ㄌㄚ ㄔㄜˇ ㄔㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laai¹ laai¹ ce² ce²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lālāchěchě [Phonetic: lālāchéchě]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄚ ㄌㄚ ㄔㄜˇ ㄔㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lalachěchě
    • Wade–Giles: la¹-la¹-chʻê³-chʻê³
    • Yale: lā-lā-chě-chě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhalhacheechee
    • Palladius: лалачэчэ (lalačɛčɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laai¹ laai¹ ce² ce²
    • Yale: lāai lāai ché ché
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laai¹ laai¹ tse² tse²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lai¹ lai¹ cé² cé²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːi̯⁵⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɛː³⁵ t͡sʰɛː³⁵/

Idiom

拉拉扯扯

1. to pull repeatedly; to drag repeatedly
2. to hold each other's arms and hands in a lovey-dovey manner
3. to gang up with; to rope in

   • 為了這些，就要拉攏一些人，排擠一些人，在同志中吹吹拍拍，拉拉扯扯，把資產階級政黨的庸俗作風也搬進共產黨裡來了。 [MSC, trad.]
     为了这些，就要拉拢一些人，排挤一些人，在同志中吹吹拍拍，拉拉扯扯，把资产阶级政党的庸俗作风也搬进共产党里来了。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1942, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《整頓黨的作風》 (Rectify the Party's Style of Work), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Wèile zhèxiē, jiù yào lālǒng yīxiē rén, páijǐ yīxiē rén, zài tóngzhì zhōng chuīchuīpāipāi, lālāchěchě, bǎ zīchǎn jiējí zhèngdǎng de yōngsú zuòfēng yě bānjìn Gòngchǎndǎng lǐ lái le. [Pinyin]

     With this aim, they draw some people in, push others out and resort to boasting, flattery and touting among the comrades, thus importing the vulgar style of the bourgeois political parties into the Communist Party.