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拉开

lā kāi

2-character word Traditional 拉開

What 拉开 means

1. to pull open
2. to pull apart
3. to space out
4. to increase

The characters in 拉开

• 拉lāto pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag
• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…

Example sentences

• 他拉开了门。
  He pulled open the door.
• 莱拉开始卷头发。
  Layla started curling her hair.
• 他拉开裤子的拉链。
  Tā lākāi kùzi de lāliàn.
  He unzipped his pants.
• 他拉开了包的拉链。
  He zipped open his bag.
• 莱拉开始和萨米约会交往了。
  Layla started dating Sami.
• 当我拉开了窗帘时，在下雪呢。
  Dāng wǒ lākāi le chuānglián shí, zài xiàxuě ne.
  When I opened the curtains, it was snowing.

Words starting with 拉开

• 拉开架势lā kāi jià shito assume a fighting stance; (fig.) to take the offensive
• 拉开序幕lā kāi xù mù(fig.) to raise the curtain; to lift the curtain; to be a curtain raiser for

Words containing 拉开

• 马拉开波Mǎ lā kāi bōMaracaibo, Venezuela