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  *牽* | 牽* | *牽
to lead along / to pull (an animal on a tether) / (bound form) to involve / to draw in
HSK 6
to control / to curb / to restrict / to impede / to pin down (enemy troops)
HSK 7-9
to involve; to implicate / to be interrelated
HSK 7-9
to worry about / to be concerned about
HSK 7-9
to lead (an animal by the head) / to take the lead / to coordinate (a combined operation) / to mediate / a go-between (e.g. marriage broker)
HSK 7-9
to involve / implicated
HSK 7-9
to implicate / implicated / to link together
to affect / to produce a change in sth
to pull; to draw (a cart); to tow
hand in hand
to hold hands
to bind / to yoke / to impede
to pull strings / to manipulate (a puppet) / to control from behind the scene / to mediate
white-edged morning glory
(idiom) to miss very much; to yearn for
lit. pulling a single hair makes the whole body move (idiom) / fig. a small change in one part can affect the whole system
to involve / to entangle sb
to make an irrelevant comparison or interpretation (idiom)
far-fetched / implausible (chain of reasoning)
to have no cares / to be carefree
Altair (star) / Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女
morning glory (Pharbitis nil)
to weigh down / to trouble / to implicate (sb) / tied down (by affairs)
Altair (star) / Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女
to concede / to give up
restrained / confined
to impede / to hold up
lit. to lead away a goat while passing by (idiom) / fig. to opportunistically pocket sb's possessions and walk off
to feel anxious about sth / unable to stop thinking about sth / to miss
pulling a lamb and bringing wine on a carrying pole (idiom); fig. to offer elaborate congratulations / to kill the fatted calf
to worry / concerned
sb who pulls strings to get things done / wirepuller / go-between / matchmaker
motive force / traction
to lead by the nose
unclear; ambiguous / having an unclear relationship with
tractor unit; tractor truck; prime mover
tow rope
lit. someone else stole the donkey; you only pulled up the stake it was tethered to (idiom) / fig. you're the least culpable, but you're the one who gets the blame
to sack the home and lead off the cattle (proverb) / to strip of everything
anchor lift (ski-lift)
lit. to see whether it's a mule or a horse, take it out for a walk (idiom) / fig. the proof of the pudding is in the eating / to show what one is made of
to worry deeply about sth / extremely concerned
to lead
to involve / to drag in
Pharbitis, genus of herbaceous plants including Morning glory 牽牛|牵牛 (Pharbitis nil)
variant of 牽連|牵连
deeply worried (idiom); to feel anxious


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