套娃
tào​wá

nested doll

  • created sense approved 套娃 · tào​wá · nested doll — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    套娃

    tào​wá

    nested doll

    Russian doll (matryoshka doll) or a similar set of nested dolls of decreasing sizes placed one inside another

    套 (literal) → 套 · tào · to cover 娃 (literal) → 娃 · wá · baby

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 套娃 · tào​wá · nesting; recursion — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    套娃

    tào​wá

    nesting; recursion

    (internet slang) to be nested within itself; to repeat the same pattern recursively like an infinite loop or a story within a story

    套 (literal) → 套 · tào · to cover 娃 (literal) → 娃 · wá · baby

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

    created sense