拔茅连茹 — Chinese idiom
拔茅连茹
bá máo lián rú
Traditional: 拔茅連茹
Meaning
- lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow ; fig. also involving others
- inextricably tangled together
- Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
Character by character
- 拔báto uproot, to pull out; to select, to promote
- 茅máorushes, reeds, grass; surname
- 连liánto join, to connect; continuous; even
- 茹rúroots, vegetables
Idioms sharing a character
- 一毛不拔 yī máo bù bá
- 出类拔萃 chū lèi bá cuì
- 剑拔弩张 jiàn bá nǔ zhāng
- 吹灯拔蜡 chuī dēng bá là
- 坚韧不拔 jiān rèn bù bá
- 拔地而起 bá dì ér qǐ
- 拔苗助长 bá miáo zhù zhǎng
- 三顾茅庐 sān gù máo lú
- 初出茅庐 chū chū máo lú
- 土阶茅屋 tǔ jiē máo wū
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