瓜葛

guāgé
noun #10,174

Meanings

  1. 1 connection
  2. 2 association
  3. 3 involvement

Characters

Melon and vine — tangled connections between people.

Examples

Tā gēn zhè jiàn shì méiyǒu rènhé guāgé.
He has no connection to this matter whatsoever.
Wǒ bù xiǎng gēn nà zhǒng rén yǒu guāgé.
I don't want to have any involvement with that kind of person.

Tips

memory
(melon) and (kudzu vine) are both climbing plants whose vines tangle together. Tangled vines = tangled connections between people.
usage
瓜葛 often implies an unwanted or suspicious connection. Common patterns: 瓜葛 (have connections), 没有瓜葛 (no involvement), 瓜葛 (distance oneself from connections).

Stroke Order

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