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HSK
in arrears / behind in payments / to default on one's debts
HSK 7-9
to hold up / to hinder / to stall
lit. to pull sb into the water / to involve sb in a messy business / to get sb into trouble
to delay / to put off / to procrastinate
HSK 7-9
to drag along / to haul / (fig.) to procrastinate / shilly-shallying / sluggish / (computing) drag and drop / (loanword) tola, unit of weight, approx. 11.664 grams
procrastination
mop
to procrastinate / to stall for time / to filibuster
small open trailer
to mop the floor / (of a gown etc) to trail on the ground / full-length
dragged down by having a family to feed
tractor / CL: 臺|台
18-wheeler / big rig / semi-trailer
to encumber / to be a burden on / to implicate
HSK 7-9
to drag out a lesson / to insist on extending class after the bell
traction / towing / pulling
mop
dawdling / to waste time
to drag away
to tow (a car)
to pull; to drag; to haul
dilatory; sluggish; muddled; roundabout
trailer truck
to impede / to obstruct / to hold back
slippers / sandals / flip-flops / CL: 雙|双, 隻|只
HSK 6
to procrastinate
drag-and-drop (computing)
tugboat / boat towed by a tugboat / to tow a boat
to pull; to drag; to haul
(derog.) (of a woman) to bring one's children into a second marriage / children by a previous marriage
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拖* | 拖* | *拖
to drag / to tow / to trail / to hang down / to mop (the floor) / to delay / to drag on
HSK 6
to drag down; to bring down
anchor lift (ski-lift)
to tow / towed vehicle / towing vehicle
tow truck
dragging one's feet
delaying tactics / deliberate procrastination
to mop the floor
to tow / (computing) to drag
to obstruct / to be a drag on sb / to delay finishing off a job
cable carrier (used to protect cables and hoses attached to a machine) / tow chain
to pull / to tow
to drag / to tow / (computing) to drag (mouse operation)
dragnet / trawl / trawlnet
to drag in
to retard / to slow sth down
to delay / to postpone
Tolui (1193-1232), fourth son of Genghis Khan
barge / lighter (pulled by a tugboat)
supporting a wife and children / dragged down by having a family to feed
(idiom) muddy and wet / (idiom) (of speech, writing etc) slovenly; sloppy; (of actions) indecisive
to lengthen / to drag out
to go through a difficult and protracted process in withdrawing from the EU, as in the case of Brexit (a play on 脫歐|脱欧)
lit. to pull sb into the water / fig. to involve sb in a messy business / to get sb into trouble
codependency (psychology)
tugboat
tractor
motive force / traction
parasail
to drag; to tow
ciabatta (Tw)
to default on a debt
delaying tactics
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拖* | 拖* | *拖
variant of
HSK 6


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