bá máo rú

拔茅茹 (bá máo rú) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow; fig. also involving others; inextricably tangled together”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow
  2. 2fig. also involving others
  3. 3inextricably tangled together
  4. 4Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.

Characters in 拔茅茹

拔bá · to pull up茅máo · reeds茹rú · to eat

Related words

拔to pull up拔掉to pluck选拔to select the best提拔to promote to a higher job出类拔萃to excel the common (idiom); surpassing自拔to free oneself海拔height above sea level茅屋thatched cottage茅reeds茅surname Mao达特茅斯Dartmouth (place name)剑拔弩张lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility

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