牵连 (qiān lián) — to implicate, to involve (someone in trouble); to link together, to be interconnected
Definition
Verb meaning 'to implicate / to link together.' The first sense is human-focused — being dragged into someone else's trouble; the second is abstract — two issues being interconnected.
verb
to implicateto involve (someone in trouble)to link togetherto be interconnected
Examples
- 牵连。Zhè jiàn shì qiān lián le hěn duō rén.This matter implicated many people.
- 牵连。Tā yīn wèi nà jiàn shì bèi qiān lián le.He was implicated because of that matter.
- 牵连。Zhè liǎng gè wèn tí hù xiāng qiān lián.These two problems are interconnected.
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