公文旅行
gōng​wén​lǚ​xíng

red tape

  • created reference approved 公文旅行 → 文件旅行 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    公文旅行 gōng​wén​lǚ​xíng

    文件旅行 wén​jiàn​lǚ​xíng

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 公文旅行 → 文件旅游/文件旅遊 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    公文旅行 gōng​wén​lǚ​xíng

    文件旅游 / 文件旅遊 wén​jiàn​lǚ​yóu

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 公文旅行 · gōng​wén​lǚ​xíng · red tape — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    公文旅行

    gōng​wén​lǚ​xíng

    red tape

    the slow process of official documents being passed back and forth between government offices without reaching a resolution; bureaucratic paper-shuffling

    公文 (literal) → 公文 · gōng​wén · official document 旅行 (literal) → 旅行 · lǚ​xíng · to travel

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense