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牽一髮而動全身 (牵一发而动全身)

qiān yī fà ér dòng quán shēn

Definition

  1. (lit.) pull one hair and the whole body moves
  2. (fig.) a slight change will affect everything else
  3. the butterfly effect

Character Decomposition

牽
=
亠
+
？
+
牛
一
=
一
髮
=
髟
+
犮
而
=
丆
+
？
動
=
重
+
力
全
=
入
+
王
身
=
？
+
？

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