千丝万缕 qiān sī wàn lǚ
countless ties; inextricably linked
Literally: thousand threads ten-thousand strands
Tap a character above to see its stroke order and the words it appears in.
Origin
From a Song ci poem by Dai Shilun using threads of willow to picture tangled longing; now used for complex connections.
How to use it
Attributive; neutral. Almost always 千丝万缕的联系.
Example sentences
Show:
Tap any word for its meaning and pinyin. The chengyu is highlighted.
- 这两家公司之间有着千丝万缕的联系。Zhè liǎng jiā gōngsī zhī jiān yǒu zhe qiān sī wàn lǚ de liánxì.There are countless ties between these two companies.this two (measure) companies between have (particle) thousand threads ten-thousand strands (particle) connection
- 方言和当地的历史文化有千丝万缕的关系。Fāngyán hé dāngdì de lìshǐ wénhuà yǒu qiān sī wàn lǚ de guānxi.Dialects are inextricably linked with local history and culture.dialect and local (particle) history culture have thousand threads ten-thousand strands (particle) relation
More chengyu about numbers
- 万无一失wàn wú yì shīabsolutely safe; no risk of failure
- 一网打尽yì wǎng dǎ jìnto round up in one fell swoop; to capture all at once
- 百折不挠bǎi zhé bù náoindomitable; undaunted by repeated setbacks
- 千篇一律qiān piān yí lǜall cut from the same cloth; monotonously uniform
- 千钧一发qiān jūn yī fàhanging by a thread; at a critical moment
- 千真万确qiān zhēn wàn quèabsolutely true; beyond any doubt
- 乱七八糟luàn qī bā zāoin a total mess; all over the place
- 一模一样yī mú yī yàngexactly the same; identical