汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 牽一髮而動全身
lit. pull one hair and the whole body moves / fig. a slight change will affect everything else / the butterfly effect
The small part of the metaphor will affect the overall situation
比喻动极小的部分就会影响全局。
() qiān ér () dòng quán shēn
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

中国美术史研究是国学的一支,牵一发而动全身

Study of the history of Chinese art is a Guoxue, far-reaching.

做活一个点,照亮一大片,牵一发而动全身。这就是“点式效应”的生动写照。

Looming a point will light up a bulk, which is the living picture of so called "congregate effect".

在华盛顿,一项牵一发而动全身的气候变化草案陷入国会的唇枪舌剑已经好几个月了。

In Washington, a far-reaching climate change bill has been bogged down in Congress for months.

要知道,武术的动作是连贯性的,牵一发而动全身,这样一改,几百个招式都得打乱重来。

Want to know, martial arts movements are consistency and one change makes all change, such a change, hundreds of moves have disrupted again.