拔河 (bá hé) — (noun) tug-of-war (a sport); (verb) to play tug-of-war; to have a tug-of-war
Definition
拔河 (bá hé) is both the noun 'tug-of-war' (the sport) and the verb 'to play tug-of-war'. 拔 means to pull out, 河 means river — the name comes from the old image of two sides pulling a rope as if drawing water from a river.
noun
tug-of-war (a sport)
verb
to play tug-of-warto have a tug-of-war
Measure word · 场
Examples
- 拔河。Wǒ men xué xiào měi nián dōu yǒu bá hé bǐ sài.Our school has a tug-of-war competition every year.
- 。Zuó tiān wǒ men hé gé bì bān bá le yí cì hé.Yesterday we had a tug-of-war with the next class once.
- 拔河，。bá hé Shí, dà jiā dōu yào yòng lì lā.When playing tug-of-war, everyone must pull hard.
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