tuō 
		to drag
to tow
to trail
to hang down
to mop (the floor)
to delay
to drag on
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tuō qiàn 
		in arrears
behind in payments
to default on one's debts
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tuō yán 
		to delay
to put off
to procrastinate
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tuō chē 
		to tow
towed vehicle
towing vehicle
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tuō lā 
		to drag along
to haul
(fig.) to procrastinate
shilly-shallying
sluggish
(computing) drag and drop
(loanword) tola, unit of weight, approx. 11.664 grams
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tuō xié 
		slippers
sandals
flip-flops
CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tuō lěi 
		to encumber
to be a burden on
to implicate
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tuō dòng 
		to drag
to tow
(computing) to drag (mouse operation)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tuō tà 
		dilatory
procrastinating
obstructive
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			rén zì tuō 
		flip-flops
abbr. for 人字拖鞋[ren2 zi4 tuo1 xie2]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tuō fàng 
		drag-and-drop (computing)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tuō yán shí jiān 
		to procrastinate
to stall for time
to filibuster
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tuō zhù 
		to hold up
to hinder
to stall
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tuō ní dài shuǐ 
		lit. wading in mud and water
a slovenly job
sloppy
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tuō hòu tuǐ 
		to impede
to obstruct
to hold back
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tuō màn 
		to retard
to slow sth down
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tuō xià shuǐ 
		lit. to pull sb into the water
to involve sb in a messy business
to get sb into trouble
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Bù tuō 
		Butuo county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[Liang2 shan1 Yi2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], south Sichuan
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tuō jiā dài kǒu 
		dragged down by having a family to feed
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tuō yóu píng 
		(derog.) (of a woman) to bring one's children into a second marriage
children by a previous marriage
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tuō táng 
		to drag out a lesson
to insist on extending class after the bell
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			rén zì tuō xié 
		flip-flops
flip-flop sandals
thongs
see also 人字拖[ren2 zi4 tuo1]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tuō yán zhàn shù 
		delaying tactics
deliberate procrastination
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Bù tuō xiàn 
		Butuo county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[Liang2 shan1 Yi2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], south Sichuan
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tuō ér dài nǚ 
		supporting a wife and children
dragged down by having a family to feed
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tuō rén xià shuǐ 
		lit. to pull sb into the water
fig. to involve sb in a messy business
to get sb into trouble
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tuō wěi ba 
		to obstruct
to be a drag on sb
to delay finishing off a job