to lead along / to pull (an animal on a tether) / (bound form) to involve / to draw in
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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.
to involve / to implicate / to be interrelated
to involve / implicated
to implicate / implicated / to link together
to worry about / to be concerned about
to control / to curb / to restrict / to impede / to pin down (enemy troops)
far-fetched / implausible (chain of reasoning)
to pull / to draw (a cart) / to tow
white-edged morning glory
to pull strings / to manipulate (a puppet) / to control from behind the scene / to mediate
lit. to lead away a goat while passing by (idiom) / fig. to opportunistically pocket sb's possessions and walk off
lit. pulling a single hair makes the whole body move (idiom) / fig. a small change in one part can affect the whole system
to affect / to produce a change in sth
to concede / to give up
motive force / traction
tractor unit / tractor truck / prime mover
to make an irrelevant comparison or interpretation (idiom)
to worry / concerned
to worry deeply about sth / extremely concerned
to hold hands
unclear / ambiguous / having an unclear relationship with
to lead
to impede / to hold up
to involve / to drag in
morning glory (Pharbitis nil)
Pharbitis, genus of herbaceous plants including Morning glory 牽牛|牵牛 (Pharbitis nil)
to play matchmaker
to weigh down / to trouble / to implicate (sb) / tied down (by affairs)
to bind / to yoke / to impede
sb who pulls strings to get things done / wirepuller / go-between / matchmaker
tow rope
to involve / to entangle sb
pulling a lamb and bringing wine on a carrying pole (idiom) / fig. to offer elaborate congratulations / to kill the fatted calf
deeply worried (idiom) / to feel anxious
to lead by the nose
to feel anxious about sth / unable to stop thinking about sth / to miss
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)
see 別人牽驢你拔橛子|别人牵驴你拔橛子[]
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
hand in hand
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27