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扯后腿

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Collocation

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互相扯后腿
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彼此扯后腿
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扯了后腿
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不能扯后腿
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扯……(人或事)的后腿

Definition

扯后腿

Literally means:

drag sb.'s feet

Actually means:

hold someone back; hinder something

It means hindering or preventing the shaping up of some event or something.

A different form with the same meaning is 拉后腿. Derogatory.

妨碍或阻碍事情的顺利发展。

也可以说“拉后腿”。具有贬义色彩。

Example

Used as predicate. It can be used with other words in between. (作谓语,中间可以插入其他词语)
1
xiǎng
yào
dòu
shì
博士
  
,
dànshì
但是
ba
爸爸
ma
妈妈
zhí
一直
zài
chě
de
hòutuǐ
后腿
  
,
yīnwèi
因为
men
他们
rènwéi
认为
háizi
女孩子
xué
学历
tài
gāo
hǎo
不好
zhǎo
duìxiàng
对象
  

She wanted to go to a Ph.D., but Mom and Dad kept pulling her hind legs because they thought girls were too educated to find someone.

2
Xiǎowáng
小王
biède
别的
xué
学习
chéng
成绩
dōu
cuò
不错
  
,
zhīyǒu
只有
yīng
英语
chéng
成绩
chě
le
hòutuǐ
后腿
  
,
suǒ
所以
zuìjìn
最近
zhí
一直
zài
补习
yīng
英语
  

Xiao Wang's other academic performance is good, only English results pulled the hind legs, so recently he has been making up English.

3
men
他们
liǎng
zài
一起
gōngzuò
工作
  
,
biǎomiàn
表面
shì
guānxi
关系
hěn
qīn
亲密
  
,
bèili
背地里
què
xiāng
互相
chěhòutuǐ
扯后腿
  

The two of them worked together, on the surface very close, with their backs pulling each other's hind legs.

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