拉拢 (lā lǒng): to rope in; fig. to involve sb; to entice

Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 7verb

Word info

Pinyin
Meaning: to rope in; fig. to involve sb; to entice
Characters: 2
Part of speech: verb
HSK level: HSK 7

Full definitions

to rope in
fig. to involve sb
to entice

Chinese explanation

为了自己的利益，用语言或行动把别人吸引到自己一边，使对方愿意支持或帮助自己。通常带有贬义，指用讨好、劝说甚至给好处等方式拉人加入自己的阵营。

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Character breakdown

HSK 4

to pull

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Example sentences

In order to gain more support in the election, the councilman privately invited several community leaders to dinner, trying to rope them in.

That large company used high salaries and stock options to rope in young engineers, hoping they would quickly join its R&D team.

When the two departments competed for the project, the managers each talked with team members separately, hoping to rope in more people to stand on their side.

As soon as he joined the company, he often brought coffee to colleagues and helped others work overtime; in fact, he wanted to rope everyone in so that he would get support in the year-end performance review.

The opposition leader gave speeches everywhere, using promises of jobs and welfare to rope in disillusioned young voters.

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