牵一发而动全身 qiānyīfà'érdòngquánshēn to affect the whole system Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 牵一发而动全身 牽一髮而動全身 qiānyīfà'érdòngquánshēn to affect the whole system (idiom) literally pulling a single hair makes the whole body move; used to describe how a tiny change in one part can impact the entire situation or system Frequency Written text 0.437 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
牵一发而动全身 牽一髮而動全身 qiānyīfà'érdòngquánshēn to affect the whole system (idiom) literally pulling a single hair makes the whole body move; used to describe how a tiny change in one part can impact the entire situation or system Frequency Written text 0.437 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
