at all costs; with all one's might; to the death; desperately

to pull; to draw; to tug; to drag; to haul or move something toward oneself

while still alive; describing an action performed on a living subject (e.g. 活捉 huó​zhuō live capture, 活埋 huó​mái live burial)

to pull; to drag; to haul; to tug at something