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连累 (lián lěi) — to implicate; to involve (someone) in trouble; to drag into trouble

Definition

连累 (liánlěi) means dragging other, often innocent people into trouble because of your own mistake or action. Focus is on the harm caused to those bystanders, not the original wrongdoing itself.

verb
to implicateto involve (someone) in troubleto drag into trouble

Examples

  • ，连累。
    Tā fàn le cuò, què lián lěi le quán jiā.
    He made a mistake, but implicated the whole family.
  • 连累。
    Wǒ bù xiǎng yīn wèi zì jǐ de shì lián lěi péng you.
    I don't want to involve my friends because of my own affairs.
  • 连累。
    Nǐ zhè yàng zuò huì lián lěi hěn duō wú gū de rén.
    Doing this will implicate many innocent people.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

连liáninvolve
累lèiburden

连 means involve and 累 means burden: dragging someone into trouble.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 連; 连 is its simplified writing.

  • 辶辵chuòto walk
  • 車車jūchariot

The traditional form 連 joins 辶 (walk) and 車 (chariot) to show a man-drawn carriage; this note is about 連, not the simplified 连.

Open 连 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 累 →
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