卷帘格
juǎn​lián​gé

rolled-up curtain riddle

  • created sense approved 卷帘格/捲簾格 · juǎn​lián​gé · rolled-up curtain riddle — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    卷帘格 / 捲簾格

    juǎn​lián​gé

    rolled-up curtain riddle

    A type of riddle where the answer (usually three characters or more) must be read in reverse to match the clue, named for the way a curtain is rolled up and then down.

    卷帘 (literal) → 卷帘/捲簾 · juǎn​lián · to roll up a screen 格 (literal) → 格 · gé · standard

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

    created sense