implicate the ninth degree of relationship of a family ? 他們搬出封建社會(huì)～的手法，從他的親屬身上打主意。They fell back on the feudal practice of implicating the ninth degree of relationship of a family and tried to get at his rel atives.
株連九族zhū lián jiǔ zú
株連：指一人犯罪牽連到許多人。形容一人犯罪，連他家的親戚朋友都受到牽連。bring the whole family and relatives a great lot of trouble, implicate the ninth degree of relationship of a family