drag in all sorts of irrelevant matters
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d ō ngxi á nx ī ch ě, which means to make things known everywhere. From the book of great harmony.
The origin of Idioms
Chapter 3 of part a of the book of Great Harmony written by Kang Youwei: "it's hard to be worried about the matter of daily support with the help of big money."
Idiom usage
As a predicate or object; used to search.
drag in all sorts of irrelevant matters
splits off as it meets the edge of knife without effort - yíng rèn ér lǐ
the self-conceited scholar 's old way of life - kuáng nú gù tài