- 拔茅茹
- ba2 mao2 ru2lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow, fig. also involving others, inextricably tangled together, Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.* * *拔茅茹|拔茅茹 [bá máo rú] ► lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow ► fig. also involving others ► inextricably tangled together ► Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
Chinese-English dictionary. Academic. 2013.