tàn​lǒu​zi

empty flattery

  • created reference approved 炭篓子/炭簍子 → 只/隻 (classifier) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    炭篓子 / 炭簍子 tàn​lǒu​zi

    只 / 隻 zhī

    classifier

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

    created reference

  • created reference approved 炭篓子/炭簍子 → 高帽子 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    炭篓子 / 炭簍子 tàn​lǒu​zi

    高帽子 gāo​mào​zi

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 炭篓子/炭簍子 · tàn​lǒu​zi · empty flattery — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    炭篓子 / 炭簍子

    tàn​lǒu​zi

    empty flattery

    (colloquial) empty title or praise used to flatter someone; often used in the phrase to "put an empty basket on someone's head" to describe over-praising them

    炭 (literal) → 炭 · tàn · charcoal 篓子 (literal) → 篓子/簍子 · lǒu​zi · basket

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

    created sense