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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 拉锯

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
拉锯 lā jù - a two-man saw
- fig. to-and-fro between two sides

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 50,770 47,578 46,658

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- to pull
- to play (a bowed instrument)
- to drag
- to draw
- to chat
- (coll.) to empty one's bowels
- to make a cut in (sth); to slit; to gash; to slash
- used in 拉拉蛄[la4la4gu3]
- variant of 落[la4]
- variant of 鋦|锔[ju1]
- a saw (CL:把[ba3])
- to saw

Other Words Containing 拉锯

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
拉锯 - - 50,770 47,578 46,658
拉锯战 - - 68,120 39,772 44,363