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Trad	Simp	Mandarin	Definition	Days old	Ver
扒屋牽牛	扒屋牵牛	[ba1 wu1 qian1 niu2]	/to sack the home and lead off the cattle (proverb)/to strip of everything/	4649	1
別人牽驢你拔橛子	别人牵驴你拔橛子	[bie2 ren5 qian1 lü2 ni3 ba2 jue2 zi5]	/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/	2019	1
魂牽夢繞	魂牵梦绕	[[hun2qian1-meng4rao4]]	/see 魂牽夢縈\|魂牵梦萦[hun2qian1-meng4ying2]/	754	2
魂牽夢縈	魂牵梦萦	[[hun2qian1-meng4ying2]]	/(idiom) to miss very much; to yearn for/	756	2
拘牽	拘牵	[ju1 qian1]	/restrained/confined/	6804	1
牽	牵	[qian1]	/to lead along/to pull (an animal on a tether)/(bound form) to involve/to draw in/	4195	1
牽絆	牵绊	[qian1 ban4]	/to bind/to yoke/to impede/	6797	1
牽纏	牵缠	[qian1 chan2]	/to involve/to entangle sb/	6797	1
牽腸掛肚	牵肠挂肚	[qian1 chang2 gua4 du4]	/deeply worried (idiom); to feel anxious/	6336	1
牽掣	牵掣	[qian1 che4]	/to impede/to hold up/	6797	1
牽動	牵动	[qian1 dong4]	/to affect/to produce a change in sth/	6797	1
牽扶	牵扶	[qian1 fu2]	/to lead/	6959	1
牽掛	牵挂	[qian1 gua4]	/to worry about/to be concerned about/	6096	1
牽紅線	牵红线	[[qian1 hong2xian4]]	/to play matchmaker/	6	2
牽記	牵记	[qian1 ji4]	/to feel anxious about sth/unable to stop thinking about sth/to miss/	6797	1
牽就	牵就	[qian1 jiu4]	/to concede/to give up/	6797	1
牽累	牵累	[qian1 lei3]	/to weigh down/to trouble/to implicate (sb)/tied down (by affairs)/	3836	1
牽連	牵连	[qian1 lian2]	/to implicate/implicated/to link together/	4653	1
牽聯	牵联	[qian1 lian2]	/variant of 牽連\|牵连[qian1 lian2]/	4852	1
牽牛	牵牛	[Qian1 niu2]	/Altair (star)/Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女\|牛郎织女/	6602	1
牽牛	牵牛	[qian1 niu2]	/morning glory (Pharbitis nil)/	6557	1
牽牛花	牵牛花	[qian1 niu2 hua1]	/white-edged morning glory/	7104	1
牽牛屬	牵牛属	[qian1 niu2 shu3]	/Pharbitis, genus of herbaceous plants including Morning glory 牽牛\|牵牛 (Pharbitis nil)/	5782	1
牽牛星	牵牛星	[Qian1 niu2 xing1]	/Altair (star)/Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女\|牛郎织女/	6602	1
牽強	牵强	[qian1 qiang3]	/far-fetched/implausible (chain of reasoning)/	6797	1
牽強附會	牵强附会	[qian1 qiang3 fu4 hui4]	/to make an irrelevant comparison or interpretation (idiom)/	4159	1
牽涉	牵涉	[qian1 she4]	/to involve/implicated/	5555	1
牽涉到	牵涉到	[qian1 she4 dao4]	/to involve/to drag in/	6188	1
牽繩	牵绳	[qian1 sheng2]	/tow rope/	6538	1
牽手	牵手	[qian1 shou3]	/to hold hands/	5148	1
牽頭	牵头	[qian1 tou2]	/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)/	6308	1
牽線	牵线	[qian1 xian4]	/to pull strings/to manipulate (a puppet)/to control from behind the scene/to mediate/	7005	1
牽線人	牵线人	[qian1 xian4 ren2]	/sb who pulls strings to get things done/wirepuller/go-between/matchmaker/	2128	1
牽心	牵心	[qian1 xin1]	/to worry/concerned/	6797	1
牽心掛腸	牵心挂肠	[qian1 xin1 gua4 chang2]	/to worry deeply about sth/extremely concerned/	6797	1
牽羊擔酒	牵羊担酒	[qian1 yang2 dan1 jiu3]	/pulling a lamb and bringing wine on a carrying pole (idiom); fig. to offer elaborate congratulations/to kill the fatted calf/	6209	1
牽一髮而動全身	牵一发而动全身	[qian1 yi1 fa4 er2 dong4 quan2 shen1]	/lit. pulling a single hair makes the whole body move (idiom)/fig. a small change in one part can affect the whole system/	1133	1
牽引力	牵引力	[qian1 yin3 li4]	/motive force/traction/	6947	1
牽著鼻子走	牵着鼻子走	[qian1 zhe5 bi2 zi5 zou3]	/to lead by the nose/	6797	1
牽制	牵制	[qian1 zhi4]	/to control/to curb/to restrict/to impede/to pin down (enemy troops)/	6797	1
牽扯	牵扯	[[qian1che3]]	/to involve; to implicate/to be interrelated/	851	2
牽扯不清	牵扯不清	[[qian1che3-bu4qing1]]	/unclear; ambiguous/having an unclear relationship with/	457	2
牽引	牵引	[[qian1yin3]]	/to pull; to draw (a cart); to tow/	14	2
牽引車	牵引车	[[qian1yin3che1]]	/tractor unit; tractor truck; prime mover/	751	2
人家牽驢你拔橛	人家牵驴你拔橛	[ren2 jia1 qian1 lü2 ni3 ba2 jue2]	/see 別人牽驢你拔橛子\|别人牵驴你拔橛子[bie2 ren5 qian1 lu:2 ni3 ba2 jue2 zi5]/	2019	1
是騾子是馬，拉出來遛遛	是骡子是马，拉出来遛遛	[shi4 luo2 zi5 shi4 ma3 , la1 chu1 lai5 liu4 liu5]	/see 是騾子是馬，牽出來遛遛\|是骡子是马，牵出来遛遛[shi4 luo2 zi5 shi4 ma3 , qian1 chu1 lai5 liu4 liu5]/	2460	1
是騾子是馬，牽出來遛遛	是骡子是马，牵出来遛遛	[shi4 luo2 zi5 shi4 ma3 , qian1 chu1 lai5 liu4 liu5]	/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/	2460	1
手牽手	手牵手	[shou3 qian1 shou3]	/hand in hand/	5148	1
順手牽羊	顺手牵羊	[shun4 shou3 qian1 yang2]	/lit. to lead away a goat while passing by (idiom)/fig. to opportunistically pocket sb's possessions and walk off/	2250	1
拖牽索道	拖牵索道	[tuo1 qian1 suo3 dao4]	/anchor lift (ski-lift)/	6538	1
無牽無掛	无牵无挂	[[wu2qian1-wu2gua4]]	/(idiom) unburdened by obligations or attachments; carefree/	408	2

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