qiān​miàn​rén

versatile actor

  • created sense approved 千面人 · qiān​miàn​rén · versatile actor — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    千面人

    qiān​miàn​rén

    versatile actor

    An actor who is skilled at playing many different types of roles and characters.

    千 (literal) → 千 · qiān · many 面 (literal) → 面 · miàn · face 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person of a type

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 千面人 · qiān​miàn​rén · food extortionist — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    千面人

    qiān​miàn​rén

    food extortionist

    A criminal who poisons food products in stores or supermarkets in order to extort money from manufacturers (Taiwan usage).

    千 (literal) → 千 · qiān · many 面 (literal) → 面 · miàn · face 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person of a type

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

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