What does 拼命连比带画 mean? 我根本不会说法语，我当时拼命连比带画，想问画家能否给我再画一张刚才那个女孩的画像，结果他没有听懂。
这世界，缺你不可, p.90.

I translate it to something like:

I fundamentally don't speak French, and at the time I 拼命连比带画 (??), and wanted to ask the painter if he could paint another of the girl just now, but he didn't understand.

Google Translate gives:

I don't speak French at all. I tried desperately to paint, and wanted to ask if the artist could paint me another portrait of the girl just now, but he did not understand it.

The words are:

拼命 = &quot;to do one's utmost&quot;
连比 = &quot;compound ratio&quot; (???)
带 = &quot;to take along&quot;
画 = &quot;painting&quot;

I don't understand how this fits together.
Question: What does 拼命连比带画 mean?
比 = gesture


画 = draw


比画 = gesture (with hand)

Please see 連 verb A 带 verb B

连A带B indicates 'also' or 'both'.


verb A and verb B happen at the same time or alternately.


noun A and noun B are both the objects


Emphasis is on 'about equal in importance'

Using [連 verb A 带 verb B] create mostly idiomatic phrases when the verbs are related
Example:
哄骗 --&gt; 連哄带骗
滚爬 --&gt; 連滚带爬
比画 --&gt; 连比带画 (Here we just break the compound verb 比画 into two individual verbs to emphasize them both and make it idiomatic.)
哄 and 骗 at the same time is 哄骗
比 and 画 at the same time is 比画
拼命 means 'desperately; earnestly'
拼命连比带画 = desperately gesturing