Don’t pull the chairs about,boys – 不要把椅子拖来拖去，孩子们
Chinese Sentence: 不要把椅子拖来拖去，孩子们!
English Translation: Don’t pull the chairs about,boys!
| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | Tones | English |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 不要 | 不要 | bu4 yao4 | bù yào | don’t! / must not |
| 把 | 把 | ba3 | bǎ | to hold / to contain / to grasp / to take hold of / a handle / particle marking the following noun as a direct object / classifier for objects with handle |
| 椅子 | 椅子 | yi3 zi5 | yǐ zi | chair / CL:把 |
| 拖来 | 拖來 | tuo1 lai2 | tuō lái | Drag to |
| 拖 | 拖 | tuo1 | tuō | dragging (brush stroke in painting) / to drag along |
| 去 | 去 | qu4 | qù | to go / to leave / to remove / fourth tone of putonghua |
| 孩子们 | 孩子們 | hai2 zi5 men5 | hái zi men | children |