Memory phrase for the character: 扯
扯
Meaning
to tear (cloth), to pull, to chat, gossip Pronunciation chě Explanation Left: hand 扌, right: to stop 止 (Footprint of a right foot that stops at a line 一)
Mnemonic
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By hand or a stopped foot you can make things tear. Radicals
扌
hand Simplification of this hand 手
止
stop, to end At top the picture of a left foot and at bottom a limiting line. "The foot stands at the line 一 and stops."
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Vocabulary
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拉扯 lā che
to drag; to pull; to raise a child (through difficulties); to help; to support; to drag in; to chat
瞎扯 xiā chě
to talk irresponsibly; to talk nonsense
鬼扯腿 guǐ chě tuǐ
lit. ghost pulls your leg; involuntary tug of muscles; fig. very unlucky; fig. argumentative; fig. can't help doing it
唠这扯那
láo zhè chě nà
to talk about nothing in particular (idiom)
唠这扯那
láo zhè chě nà
