Having their classroom time extended is a very common occurrence for students.
拖堂
to drag out a lesson
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Meaning and common use
to drag out a lesson
to insist on extending class after the bell
How 拖堂 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 拖堂 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
This teacher always drags his class time, taking up the students' rest time, later he got reported, it felt amazing.
No published English translation for this sentence.
Words that keep company with 拖堂.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 拖堂.
Directly before
- 总是拖堂1
Directly after
- 拖堂情况1
- 拖堂是1
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
About 拖堂
What does 拖堂 mean in Chinese?
拖堂 (tuōtáng) means to drag out a lesson.
How do you pronounce 拖堂?
拖堂 is pronounced tuōtáng.
Is 拖堂 an HSK word?
拖堂 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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