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Chinese Pinyin Part of speech Translation Actions
拉面 拉麵 lā miàn pulled noodles / ramen syn
乘坚策肥 乘堅策肥 chéng jiān cè féi to live in luxury / lit. to ride a solid carriage pulled by fat horses
抻面 抻麵 chēn miàn to make noodles by pulling out dough / hand-pulled noodles syn
拖驳 拖駁 tuō bó barge / lighter (pulled by a tugboat)
牛肉拉面 牛肉拉麵 niú ròu lā miàn ramen (pulled noodles) with beef
擢发难数 擢髮難數 zhuó fà nán shǔ lit. as difficult to count as hair pulled from sb's head (idiom) / fig. innumerable (crimes) syn
人家牵驴你拔橛 人家牽驢你拔橛 rén jiā qiān lǘ nǐ bá jué lit. someone else stole the donkey / you only pulled up the stake it was tethered to (idiom) / fig. you're the least culpable, but you're the one who gets the blame / see 別人牽驢你拔橛子|别人牵驴你拔橛子[bie2 ren5 qian1 lu:2 ni3 ba2 jue2 zi5]
别人牵驴你拔橛子 別人牽驢你拔橛子 bié ren qiān lǘ nǐ bá jué zi lit. someone else stole the donkey / you only pulled up the stake it was tethered to (idiom) / fig. you're the least culpable, but you're the one who gets the blame
龙须糖 龍鬚糖 lóng xū táng dragon's beard candy, a Chinese confection made from floured taffy pulled into flossy strands
驽蹇之乘 nú jiǎn zhī shèng (idiom) A carriage pulled by a poor horse and a lame donkey / a metaphor for inadequate ability.
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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