牵一发而动全身 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 牽一髮而動全身 qiānyīfàérdòngquánshēn ㄑㄧㄢ ㄧ ㄈㄚˋ ㄦˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄣ lit. pulling a single hair makes the whole body move (idiom) fig. a small change in one part can affect the whole system Character by character 牵(qiān)lead along 一(yī)one 发(fà)hair 而(ér)and 动(dòng)move 全(quán)surname Quan 身(shēn)body A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0