连累

連累

liánlei

verb #12,453

Meanings

1 to implicate; to involve (someone in trouble)
2 to get (someone) into trouble

Characters

to connect; to involve

to accumulate; to burden

Examples

HSK 1

我不想连累你。

Wǒ bù xiǎng liánlei nǐ.

I don't want to get you into trouble.

HSK 5

他的错误连累了整个团队。

Tā de cuòwù liánlei le zhěnggè tuánduì.

His mistake dragged the whole team down.

Tips

mistakes

The second character 累 is neutral in this word, so it is liánlei. Its underlying reading is lěi, the third tone, not the fourth-tone lèi that means tired.

Stroke Order

连 lián

累 lèi