拖下水

拖
下
水
lit. to pull sb into the water / to involve sb in a messy business / to get sb into trouble

Characters and words in 拖下水

拖
拕
tuo̅ = tu + o1
variant of 拖[tuo1]
拖
tuo̅ = tu + o1
to drag / to tow / to trail / to hang down / to mop (the floor) / to delay / to drag on
拖 = 㐌 + 扌 : Tommy Turtle (tu) has to mop (拖) the floor in front of the observatory (o1) but he's just procrastinating (拖). The savage (㐌) even has to drag (拖) him in front of the castle using a toy claw (扌).
下
xià = xi + a4
down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action
下 = 一 + 卜 : Mnemonic symbol: from the up/down logic, and a little bit the shape of the character, a ladder.

Xi Shi (xi) is on a retreat in the ashram. Using a voodoo staff (卜), she divined that next (下) week she'll have to play the flute (一) sixteen hours per day. Because she hates playing the flute, she climbs over the ashram's bathroom (a4) wall using a ladder (下) to escape.
下
水
downstream / to go into the water / to put into water / to launch (a ship) / fig. to fall into bad ways / to lead astray / to go to pot
下
水
offal / viscera / tripe
水
shuǐ = shu + ei3
surname Shui
水
shuǐ = shu + ei3
water / river / liquid / beverage / additional charges or income / (of clothes) classifier for number of washes
水 = ㇇ + 亅 + 丿 + ㇏ : Sheldon Shrimp just climbed the Eiffel Tower. He's really thirsty, so he's glad to find a water fountain. After he quenches his thirst, he also finds a snack: A banana is swimming in the water. He never ate a banana before, so he tries a mix of different methods: Putting on a fake beak to pick on the banana, holding it with a finger and peeling it with a crowbar.

Words with 拖下水

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