qiān​sī​pān​téng

to drag out

  • 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 qiān​sī​pān​téng

    牵丝攀藤 / 牽絲攀藤 qiān​sī​pān​téng

    variant

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

    created reference

  • 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 qiān​sī​pān​téng

    扳缠不清 / 扳纏不清 bān​chán​bù​qīng

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • 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 qiān​sī​pān​téng

    纠缠不清 / 糾纏不清 jiū​chán​bù​qīng

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 牵丝扳藤/牽絲扳藤 · qiān​sī​pān​téng · to drag out — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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.

    qiān​sī​bān​téng

    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

    created sense