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牵丝扳藤
qiān​sī​pān​téng

to drag out

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
牵丝扳藤 牽絲扳藤 qiān​sī​pān​téng
to drag out
To drag out an affair or argument; to harass or annoy someone persistently; to be tangled up in complex details or messy connections.

Cross-References

Variant of

  • 牵丝攀藤 qiān​sī​pān​téng

Synonym

  • 扳缠不清 bān​chán​bù​qīng
  • 纠缠不清 jiū​chán​bù​qīng