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拖下水
tuō xià shuǐ
What 拖下水 means
- lit. to pull sb into the water
- to involve sb in a messy business
- to get sb into trouble
The characters in 拖下水
- 拖tuōto drag; to tow; to trail
- 下xiàdown; downwards; below
- 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水
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