to lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve; to draw in

to implicate; implicated; to link together

to involve; implicated

to control; to curb; to restrict; to impede; to pin down (enemy troops)

to involve; to drag in

to worry about; to be concerned about

to hold hands

to pull; to draw (a cart); to tow

far-fetched; implausible (chain of reasoning)

to bind; to yoke; to impede

to pull strings; to manipulate (a puppet); to control from behind the scene; to mediate

to lead (an animal by the head); to take the lead; to coordinate (a combined operation); to mediate; a go-between (e.g. marriage broker)

to affect; to produce a change in sth

to concede; to give up

to worry; concerned

to lead

to impede; to hold up

Altair (star); Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女

morning glory (Pharbitis nil)

to weigh down; to trouble; to implicate (sb); tied down (by affairs)

tow rope

to involve; to entangle sb

variant of 牽連|牵连[qian1 lian2]

to feel anxious about sth; unable to stop thinking about sth; to miss

motive force; traction

tractor unit; tractor truck; prime mover

Pharbitis, genus of herbaceous plants including Morning glory 牽牛|牵牛 (Pharbitis nil)

Altair (star); Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女

white-edged morning glory

to play matchmaker

sb who pulls strings to get things done; wirepuller; go-between; matchmaker

to make an irrelevant comparison or interpretation (idiom)

to worry deeply about sth; extremely concerned

unclear; ambiguous; having an unclear relationship with

pulling a lamb and bringing wine on a carrying pole (idiom); fig. to offer elaborate congratulations; to kill the fatted calf

deeply worried (idiom); to feel anxious

to lead by the nose

lit. pulling a single hair makes the whole body move (idiom); fig. a small change in one part can affect the whole system