拖 tuō
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
拖累
tuōlěi
to drag down; to burden
Characters in this word
累 lèi
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 糸 — silk
- Made of
- 田 field, farm, arable land 糸 silk
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这家子公司的债务长期拖累集团现金流，董事会最终决定重组资产。 Zhè jiā zǐgōngsī de zhàiwù chángqī tuōlěi jítuán xiànjīnliú, dǒngshìhuì zuìzhōng juédìng chóngzǔ zīchǎn. The subsidiary's debts had long dragged down the group's cash flow, so the board finally decided to restructure its assets.
- 高额房贷拖累了年轻人的消费能力。 Gāo'é fángdài tuōlěi le niánqīngrén de xiāofèi nénglì. A large mortgage drags down young people's spending power.
- 他不想拖累家人，坚持独自治病。 Tā bù xiǎng tuōlěi jiārén, jiānchí dúzì zhìbìng. He did not want to burden his family and insisted on paying for treatment alone.
Related words
- 拖 tuō to drag, to pull
- 拖延 tuōyán to delay
- 拖欠 tuōqiàn to be in arrears; to default on payment
- 累 lèi tired
- 积累 jīlěi to accumulate
- 劳累 láolèi tired from work; worn out
- 累赘 léizhui burdensome; encumbrance
- 累计 lěijì to accumulate; cumulative total
- 累积 lěijī to accumulate; to build up
- 无力 wúlì powerless; unable to do something
- 受挫 shòucuò to suffer a setback; to be frustrated
- 无能为力 wúnéngwéilì powerless; unable to do anything