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牵连

qiān lián

2-character word Traditional 牽連

What 牵连 means

1. to implicate
2. implicated
3. to link together

The characters in 牵连

• 牵qiānto lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve
• 连liánto link; to join; to connect

Example sentences

• 不止你， 连我也被牵连了。
  Bù zhǐ nǐ, lián wǒ yě bèi qiānlián le.
  Not only you but also I was involved.
• 他承认自己与这宗丑闻有牵连。
  Tā chéngrèn zìjǐ yǔ zhè zōng chǒuwén yǒu qiānlián.
  He admits being involved in the scandal.

Sounds the same

Read qiān lián, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 牵联variant of 牵连