lā​jù

saw back and forth

  • created sense approved 拉锯/拉鋸 · lā​jù · saw back and forth — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    拉锯 / 拉鋸

    lā​jù

    saw back and forth

    to work a two-person saw by pulling it back and forth; a two-person saw

    拉, 锯

    拉 (literal) → 拉 · lā · to pull 锯 (literal) → 锯/鋸 · jù · to saw

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  • created sense approved 拉锯/拉鋸 · lā​jù · seesaw battle — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    拉锯 / 拉鋸

    lā​jù

    seesaw battle

    to be locked in a back-and-forth struggle or to-and-fro between two sides; to engage in a seesaw battle

    拉, 锯

    拉 (literal) → 拉 · lā · to pull 锯 (literal) → 锯/鋸 · jù · to saw

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

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