拉后钩儿
lā​hòu​gōu​r

to go back on one's word

  • created sense approved 拉后钩儿/拉後鉤兒 · lā​hòu​gōu​r · to go back on one's word — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    拉后钩儿 / 拉後鉤兒

    lā​hòu​gōu​r

    to go back on one's word

    (dialect) to renege on a promise or commitment; to fail to fulfill an agreement after hooking pinkies to seal it; to leave a matter unresolved or trailing

    拉, 后钩儿

    拉 (literal) → 拉 · lā · to pull 后钩 (literal) → 后钩/後鉤 · hòu​gōu · unfinished business 儿 (bound) → 儿/兒 · r · [erhua suffix]

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense