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拉开

lā kāi

HSK 4 · word 2629 of 3,000

Meaning

• to pull open
• to pull apart
• to space out

Example sentence

Characters in 拉开

• 拉 lā to pull
• 开 kāi to open (transitive or intransitive)

拉 to pull plus 开, marking the opening. 拉 gives 拉手 and 拉链; 拉 is what a door says on its Chinese side, against 推.

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