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Change log entry 71356
Processed by: richwarm (2021-01-28 11:32:59 GMT)
Comment: << review queue entry 66471 - submitted by 'vermillon' >>
In none of my dicts; copying the 2nd and 3rd glosses from Wiktionary.
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Editor:
1) 拔出萝卜带出泥,原本指做事拖泥带水,或引起别的麻烦事。
它现指由一件事引出有牵连或有关联的其他事。
(plus some examples)
https://www.cchatty.com/idiom/17070

2) https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%8B%94%E5%87%BA%E8%98%BF%E8%94%94%E5%B8%B6%E5%87%BA%E6%B3%A5

3) 一、比喻事情办得不圆满,引起别的麻烦。 二、贬义,比喻一个犯罪分子的落网,带动了另一个犯罪分子的暴露对应英文:
One, things are not satisfactory, cause other problems. Two, a metaphor, arrested a criminal, led to the exposure of another crime.
http://www.wentidayi.com/changyong/610.shtml
Diff:
# + 拔出蘿蔔帶出泥 拔出萝卜带出泥 [ba2 chu1 luo2 bo5 dai4 chu1 ni2] /when pulling up a turnip, mud comes along (idiom)/fig. to cause a new problem when solving a previous one/to find clues of other crimes when investigating one case/
+ 拔出蘿蔔帶出泥 拔出萝卜带出泥 [ba2 chu1 luo2 bo5 dai4 chu1 ni2] /lit. when you pull a radish out of the ground, some dirt comes up with it (idiom)/fig. to turn up, during the investigation of a crime, evidence of other crimes/to cause further problems while working on a problem/
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