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Character Decomposition
牵=大+冖+牛
Etymology
A person 大 pulling an ox 牛 by a rope 冖
Meanings
to lead along
to pull (an animal on a tether)
(bound form) to involve
to draw in
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Words with 牵 211 total
restrained · confined拘牵jū qiānto bind · to yoke · to impede牵绊qiān bànto involve · to entangle sb牵缠qiān chánto involve; to implicate · to be interrelated牵扯qiān chěto affect · to produce a change in sth牵动qiān dòngto feel anxious about sth · unable to stop thinking about sth · to miss牵记qiān jìto concede · to give up牵就qiān jiùto weigh down · to trouble · to implicate (sb) · tied down (by affairs)牵累qiān lěito implicate · implicated · to link together牵连qiān lián
Idioms with 牵 35 total Chain
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