文件旅行
wén​jiàn​lǚ​xíng

paper shuffling

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

    文件旅行 wén​jiàn​lǚ​xíng

    公文旅行 gōng​wén​lǚ​xíng

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 文件旅行 · wén​jiàn​lǚ​xíng · paper shuffling — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    文件旅行

    wén​jiàn​lǚ​xíng

    paper shuffling

    The bureaucratic process of passing documents from one office to another; often used sarcastically to describe slow and inefficient red tape.

    文件 (literal) → 文件 · wén​jiàn · document 旅行 (literal) → 旅行 · lǚ​xíng · to travel

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

    created sense