created reference approved 牵丝扳藤/牽絲扳藤 → 牵丝攀藤/牽絲攀藤 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
牵丝扳藤 / 牽絲扳藤 qiānsīpānténg
牵丝攀藤 / 牽絲攀藤 qiānsīpānténg
variant
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created reference approved 牵丝扳藤/牽絲扳藤 → 扳缠不清/扳纏不清 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
牵丝扳藤 / 牽絲扳藤 qiānsīpānténg
扳缠不清 / 扳纏不清 bānchánbùqīng
synonym
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created reference approved 牵丝扳藤/牽絲扳藤 → 纠缠不清/糾纏不清 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
牵丝扳藤 / 牽絲扳藤 qiānsīpānténg
纠缠不清 / 糾纏不清 jiūchánbùqīng
synonym
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created sense approved 牵丝扳藤/牽絲扳藤 · qiānsīpānténg · to drag out — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
牵丝扳藤 / 牽絲扳藤
qiānsīpānténg
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.
qiānsībānténg
牵 (literal) → 牵/牽 · qiān · to involve 丝 (literal) → 丝/絲 · sī · strand 扳 (literal) → 扳 · pān · to climb 藤 (literal) → 藤 · téng · rattan; vine
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition