牽一髮而動全身

Chinese

		lead along	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	hair	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act	full body; the whole body; to keep one's own body intact full body; the whole body; to keep one's own body intact; to keep oneself alive; to save one's own skin
trad. (牽一髮而動全身)		牽	一	髮	而	動	全身
simp. (牵一发而动全身)		牵	一	发	而	动	全身
Literally: “pull one hair and the whole body moves”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiān yī fà ér dòng quánshēn, qiān yī fǎ ér dòng quánshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄧ ㄈㄚˋ ㄦˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄣ, ㄑㄧㄢ ㄧ ㄈㄚˇ ㄦˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹ jat¹ faat³ ji⁴ dung⁶ cyun⁴ san¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiān yī fà ér dòng quánshēn [Phonetic: qiān yí fà ér dòng quánshēn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄧ ㄈㄚˋ ㄦˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cian yi fà ér dòng cyuánshen
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹ i¹ fa⁴ êrh² tung⁴ chʻüan²-shên¹
    • Yale: chyān yī fà ér dùng chywán-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chian i fah erl donq chyuanshen
    • Palladius: цянь и фа эр дун цюаньшэнь (cjanʹ i fa er dun cjuanʹšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ fä⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiān yī fǎ ér dòng quánshēn [Phonetic: qiān yì fǎ ér dòng quánshēn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄧ ㄈㄚˇ ㄦˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cian yi fǎ ér dòng cyuánshen
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹ i¹ fa³ êrh² tung⁴ chʻüan²-shên¹
    • Yale: chyān yī fǎ ér dùng chywán-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chian i faa erl donq chyuanshen
    • Palladius: цянь и фа эр дун цюаньшэнь (cjanʹ i fa er dun cjuanʹšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hin¹ jat¹ faat³ ji⁴ dung⁶ cyun⁴ san¹
    • Yale: hīn yāt faat yìh duhng chyùhn sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹ jat⁷ faat⁸ ji⁴ dung⁶ tsyn⁴ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hin¹ yed¹ fad³ yi⁴ dung⁶ qun⁴ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ faːt̚³ jiː²¹ tʊŋ²² t͡sʰyːn²¹ sɐn⁵⁵/

Idiom

牽一髮而動全身

1. A slight change will affect everything else.