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- to draw (e.g. a bow)
- to pull
- to stretch sth
- to extend
- to lengthen
- to involve or implicate in
- to attract
- to lead
- to guide
- to leave
- to provide evidence or justification for
- old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
Trad. 引敘
- to introduce a text by citing documents or source material at the beginning
- to draw off (liquid)
- (medicine) to perform a drainage procedure
- to attract traffic online
Trad. 引種
- (agriculture, animal husbandry) to introduce a new variety of plant or animal
Trad. 引線
- fuse (for an explosive device)
- electrical lead
- intermediary
- catalyst
- (dialect) sewing needle
Trad. 引誘
- to coerce (sb into doing sth bad)
- to lure (into a trap)
- to seduce
- to greet and usher in (guests, newcomers etc)
- (Buddhism) to receive into the Pure Land
Trad. 引頸
- to crane one's neck
- (fig.) with one's neck outstretched in expectation
Trad. 導引
- same as 引導|引导[yin3 dao3]
- Dao Yin, Daoist exercises involving breathing, stretching and self-massage
Trad. 東引
- Tungyin Island, one of the Matsu Islands
- Tungyin township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县[Lian2 jiang1 xian4], Taiwan
- attractive force (such as gravitation)
- sex appeal
- attractiveness
Trad. 引火線
- fuse (for explosives)
- (fig.) proximate cause
- the last straw
Trad. 引申義
- extended meaning (of an expression)
- derived sense
Trad. 東引鄉
- Tungyin township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县[Lian2 jiang1 xian4] i.e. the Matsu Islands, Taiwan
Trad. 翹足引領
- waiting on tiptoes and craning one's neck (idiom)
- to look forward eagerly
- to long for
- also pr. [qiao4 zu2 yin3 ling3]
- lit. (of a flower) to attract bees and butterflies (idiom)
- fig. to flirt
Trad. 穿針引線
- lit. to thread a needle (idiom); fig. to act as a go-between
- to attract attention
- eye-catching
- conspicuous
- to attract attention
- eye-catching
- conspicuous
Trad. 引以為傲
- to be intensely proud of sth (idiom)
Trad. 引以為憾
- to consider sth regrettable (idiom)
Trad. 引以為戒
- to take sth as a warning (idiom)
- to draw a lesson from a case where things turned out badly
Trad. 引以為榮
- to regard it as an honor (idiom)
Trad. 引以為鑑
- to take a lesson from (an adverse experience)
Trad. 引咎辭職
- to admit responsibility and resign
Trad. 引水入牆
- lit. to lead the water through the wall
- to ask for trouble (idiom)
- water-induction engineering
- irrigation engineering
- lit. to lead the dog into the village (idiom)
- fig. to introduce a potential source of trouble
- lit. to show the wolf into the house (idiom)
- fig. to introduce a potential source of trouble
Trad. 引玉之磚
- lit. a brick thrown to prompt others to produce a jade (idiom)
- fig. a modest suggestion intended to prompt others to come forward with better ideas
Trad. 引經據典
- lit. to quote the classics
- to quote chapter and verse (idiom)
Trad. 引線穿針
- to thread a needle
- (fig.) to act as a go-between
Trad. 引而不發
- to pull the bow without shooting (idiom from Mencius); ready and waiting for action
- to go through the motions
- to practice
- a trial run
- lit. to pull a snake from its hole
- to expose a malefactor (idiom)
Trad. 引頸就戮
- to extend one's neck in preparation for execution (idiom)
Trad. 引鬼上門
- lit. to invite the devil to one's house (idiom)
- fig. to introduce a potential source of trouble
Trad. 拋磚引玉
- lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom)
- fig. to attract others' interest or suggestions by putting forward one's own modest ideas to get the ball rolling
Trad. 呼朋引類
- to call up all one's associates
- rent-a-crowd
Trad. 繁徵博引
- an elaborate string of references
- many quotations
Trad. 吸引子網絡
- attractor network
- human flesh search engine
- a large-scale collective effort to find details about a person or event (Internet slang)