千丝万缕 (qiān sī wàn lǚ) — countless interwoven ties; intricate connections
Definition
A chengyu describing countless intertwined threads — used for deep, tangled connections between people, events, or things that are hard to separate. The focus is on the WEAVING (not just quantity) of many overlapping links.
idiom
countless interwoven tiesintricate connections
Examples
- 千丝万缕，。Tā men liǎng rén zhī jiān yǒu zhe qiān sī wàn lǚ de lián xì, nán yǐ yì dāo liǎng duàn.There are countless intertwined connections between the two of them, hard to sever completely.
- 千丝万缕。Zhè bù xiǎo shuō zhōng de qíng jié yǔ lì shǐ shì jiàn yǒu qiān sī wàn lǚ de guān lián.The plot of this novel has intricate connections with historical events.
- 千丝万缕，。Liǎng guó de wén huà yǒu qiān sī wàn lǚ de yuān yuán, hěn nán shuō qīng shuí yǐng xiǎng le shuí.The cultures of the two countries have countless interwoven origins; it's hard to say who influenced whom.
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