牵扯 qiānchě to involve
to involve; to implicate; to be interrelated
How to remember 牵扯: 牵 to drag + 扯 to rip = to involve.
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How it is used
- To drag in / implicate - connect something or someone to a matter - 这件事牵扯到很多人 (zhè jiàn shì qiānchě dào hěn duō rén) this affair implicates a lot of people.
- Emphasizes unwanted entanglement; near-synonym 牵涉 (qiānshè) is a touch more formal, 牵扯 slightly more colloquial.
- Often about scandals, disputes, or complications spreading.
Example sentences
- 我不想被牵扯到这件事里。 Wǒ bùxiǎng bèi qiānchě dào zhèjiàn shìlǐ.I don't want to be involved in that matter.