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

hand in hand

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)

restrained; confined

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 sack the home and lead off the cattle (proverb); to strip of everything

anchor lift (ski-lift)

(idiom) unburdened by obligations or attachments; carefree

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

lit. to lead away a goat while passing by (idiom); fig. to opportunistically pocket sb's possessions and walk off

see 魂牽夢縈|魂牵梦萦[hun2 qian1 meng4 ying2]

(idiom) to miss very much; to yearn for

to lead by the nose

see 別人牽驢你拔橛子|别人牵驴你拔橛子[bie2 ren5 qian1 lu:2 ni3 ba2 jue2 zi5]

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

lit. someone else stole the donkey; you only pulled up the stake it was tethered to (idiom); fig. you're the least culpable, but you're the one who gets the blame

lit. to see whether it's a mule or a horse, take it out for a walk (idiom); fig. the proof of the pudding is in the eating; to show what one is made of