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HSK
2

pull

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

la1

Meaning


Primary

pull

Alternatives

tug

Mnemonic


[l-] Legolas is in [1] front of the [-a] auditorium, where he is employed as a 立 guard. Someone is trying to get past him without paying, so he takes a single 扌 finger and hooks into their shirt collar, then 拉 pulls them back so fast they stumble backwards ten feet before falling to the ground. Then he takes out his bow and 拉 pulls it back, ready to take out the dude if he tries to sneak in again.

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