牽一髮而動全身

Chinese
lead along
 
one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
 hair
 
and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)
 
to move; to change; to use; to act
 full body; the whole body
trad. (牽一髮而動全身) 牽 一 髮 而 動 全身
simp. (牵一发而动全身) 牵 一 发 而 动 全身
Literally: “pull one hair and the whole body moves”.

Pronunciation
  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qiān yī fà ér dòng quánshēn, qiān yī fǎ ér dòng quánshēn
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄧ ㄈㄚˋ ㄦˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄣ, ㄑㄧㄢ ㄧ ㄈㄚˇ ㄦˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄣ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): hin1 jat1 faat3 ji4 dung6 cyun4 san1
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
      • Pinyin: qiān yī fà ér dòng quánshēn [Phonetic: qiān yí fà ér dòng quánshēn]
      • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄧ ㄈㄚˋ ㄦˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄣ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chian i fah erl donq chyuanshen
      • IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ fä⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
    • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
      • Pinyin: qiān yī fǎ ér dòng quánshēn [Phonetic: qiān yì fǎ ér dòng quánshēn]
      • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄧ ㄈㄚˇ ㄦˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄣ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chian i faa erl donq chyuanshen
      • IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
  • Cantonese

Proverb

牽一髮而動全身

  1. A slight change will affect everything else.
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