| 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 be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student | 
|  生意 | 
shēng yì | 
life force / vitality | 
|  生意 | 
shēng yi | 
business / CL:笔 | 
|   意 | 
Yì | 
Italy; Italian (abbr. for 意大利) | 
|   意 | 
yì | 
idea / meaning / thought / to think / wish / desire / intention / to expect / to anticipate |