拔茅连茹 [bá máo lián rú]
1 茅,即白茅。拔起茅草,根相牵连。比喻互相引荐,一人提升就连带引进许多人。茹:植物根部互相牵连的样子。
例 拔茅茹,以其汇。——《易·泰》。王弼注:“茅之为物,拔其根而相牵引者也。” 铲除封建思想的呼声喊得震天价响,然而亲戚故旧还不是拔茅连茹地登庸了么?——茅盾《蚀·幻灭》
英 promote good men who will bring in their associates;
1 亦省作“拔茅”、“拔茹”。
1 茅,茅草。茹,根部相连者。拔茅连茹语本三国魏·王弼·注:「茅之为物,拔其根而相牵引者也。茹,相牵引之貌也。」比喻贤人相继引进。
英语 lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others, inextricably tangled together, Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.