牵缠
qiān chán
Pinyin

Definition

牵缠
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qiān chán
  1. to involve
  2. to entangle sb

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

牵
qiān
  1. 1 to lead along
  2. 2 to pull (an animal on a tether)
  3. 3 (bound form) to involve
  4. 4 to draw in
牵挂
qiān guà
  1. 1 to worry about
  2. 2 to be concerned about
纠缠
jiū chán
  1. 1 to be in a tangle
  2. 2 to nag
手牵手
shǒu qiān shǒu
  1. 1 hand in hand
死缠烂打
sǐ chán làn dǎ
  1. 1 (coll.) to pester
  2. 2 to harass
牵制
qiān zhì
  1. 1 to control
  2. 2 to curb
  3. 3 to restrict
  4. 4 to impede
  5. 5 to pin down (enemy troops)
牵动
qiān dòng
  1. 1 to affect
  2. 2 to produce a change in sth
牵引
qiān yǐn
  1. 1 to pull
  2. 2 to draw (a cart)
  3. 3 to tow
牵强
qiān qiǎng
  1. 1 far-fetched
  2. 2 implausible (chain of reasoning)
牵手
qiān shǒu
  1. 1 to hold hands
牵扯
qiān chě
  1. 1 to involve
  2. 2 to implicate
  3. 3 to be interrelated
牵涉
qiān shè
  1. 1 to involve
  2. 2 implicated
牵绊
qiān bàn
  1. 1 to bind
  2. 2 to yoke
  3. 3 to impede
牵线
qiān xiàn
  1. 1 to pull strings
  2. 2 to manipulate (a puppet)
  3. 3 to control from behind the scene
  4. 4 to mediate
牵连
qiān lián
  1. 1 to implicate
  2. 2 implicated
  3. 3 to link together
纠缠不清
jiū chán bù qīng
  1. 1 hopelessly muddled
  2. 2 impossible to unravel
缠
chán
  1. 1 to wind around
  2. 2 to wrap round
  3. 3 to coil
  4. 4 tangle
  5. 5 to involve
  6. 6 to bother
  7. 7 to annoy
缠绵
chán mián
  1. 1 touching (emotions)
  2. 2 lingering (illness)
缠绕
chán rào
  1. 1 twisting
  2. 2 to twine
  3. 3 to wind
  4. 4 to pester
  5. 5 to bother
缠身
chán shēn
  1. 1 (of an illness, debt etc) to plague sb
  2. 2 to preoccupy sb
  3. 3 difficult to get rid of

Idioms (10)

是骡子是马，牵出来遛遛
shì luó zi shì mǎ , qiān chū lai liù liu
  1. 1 lit. to see whether it's a mule or a horse, take it out for a walk (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the proof of the pudding is in the eating
  3. 3 to show what one is made of
牵强附会
qiān qiǎng fù huì
  1. 1 to make an irrelevant comparison or interpretation (idiom)
牵羊担酒
qiān yáng dān jiǔ
  1. 1 pulling a lamb and bringing wine on a carrying pole (idiom); fig. to offer elaborate congratulations
  2. 2 to kill the fatted calf
牵肠挂肚
qiān cháng guà dù
  1. 1 deeply worried (idiom); to feel anxious
牵马到河易，强马饮水难
qiān mǎ dào hé yì , qiǎng mǎ yǐn shuǐ nán
  1. 1 You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. (idiom)
缠夹不清
chán jiā bù qīng
  1. 1 to muddle things together (idiom)
  2. 2 to bother sb with annoying muddle-headed talk
缠绵悱恻
chán mián fěi cè
  1. 1 (of a person) sad beyond words (idiom)
  2. 2 (of music, literature etc) poignant
  3. 3 very sentimental
胡搅蛮缠
hú jiǎo mán chán
  1. 1 to pester endlessly (idiom)
  2. 2 an annoying troublemaker
腰缠万贯
yāo chán wàn guàn
  1. 1 lit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom); carrying lots of money
  2. 2 extremely wealthy
  3. 3 loaded
顺手牵羊
shùn shǒu qiān yáng
  1. 1 lit. to lead away a goat in passing (idiom); to steal sth under cover of an emergency
  2. 2 to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain

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