牵丝 (牽絲) qiān sī

1. qiān sī phrase to pull a thread
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: May refer to wearing of a badge with offiical rank (Guoyu '牽絲' 1; Mathews 1931 '牽絲', p. 122)
2. qiān sī phrase to tie a thread
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: May refer to marriage (Guoyu '牽絲'2)

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 24 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 2 , has English translation
• Scroll 17 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 2

Collocations

• 屣牵丝 (屣牽絲) 尋拂衣世網脫屣牽絲 — Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳, Scroll 17 — count: 2
• 歎牵丝 (歎牽絲) 是以屬歎牽絲興言世網 — Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳, Scroll 17 — count: 2
• 牵丝兴 (牽絲興) 是以屬歎牽絲興言世網 — Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳, Scroll 17 — count: 2