扯开头的线团儿，牵连很远扯開頭的線團兒，牽連很遠扯開頭的線團兒，牽連很遠

A ball of thread with its end pulled: connected far away

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Said of a matter that involves many people or things.
Wordplay: 牵连 (qiānlián) means both being linked together like thread and being dragged into trouble because of someone else.

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Simplified: 扯开头的线团儿，牵连很远
Traditional (Taiwan): 扯開頭的線團兒，牽連很遠
Pinyin: chě kāitóu de xiàntuán ér, qiānlián hěn yuǎn
Bopomofo: ㄔㄜˇ ㄎㄞㄊㄡˊ ˙ㄉㄜㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄨㄢˊ ㄦˊ，ㄑㄧㄢㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄣˇ ㄩㄢˇ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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