| 拉生意 |
lā shēng yì |
to tout / to solicit customers |
| 拉 |
lā |
to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels |
| 拉 |
lá |
to make a cut in (sth); to slit; to gash; to slash |
| 拉 |
là |
used in 拉拉蛄 / variant of 落 |
| 生 |
shēng |
to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born / to arise; to occur / to light (a fire) / to live; to be alive / life / raw; uncooked; unprocessed / unfamiliar; strange / (bound form) student; person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life; lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽) |
| 生意 |
shēng yì |
life force / vitality |
| 生意 |
shēng yi |
business / CL:笔 |
| 意 |
yì |
(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense / (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination; state of mind / (bound form) Italy (abbr. for 意大利) |