牽五掛四
qiān​wǔ​guà​sì

to be tangled together

  • created reference approved 牵五挂四/牽五掛四 → 接二连三/接二連三 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    牵五挂四 / 牽五掛四 qiān​wǔ​guà​sì

    接二连三 / 接二連三 jiē'èr​lián​sān

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 牵五挂四/牽五掛四 · qiān​wǔ​guà​sì · to be tangled together — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    牵五挂四 / 牽五掛四

    qiān​wǔ​guà​sì

    to be tangled together

    To be interconnected or entangled in a way that many things affect one another; used to describe a chain reaction of involvement or spreading from one thing to many others.

    牵 (literal) → 牵/牽 · qiān · to involve 五 (literal) → 五 · wǔ · five 挂 (literal) → 挂/掛 · guà · to hang 四 (literal) → 四 · sì · four

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense