牵着鼻子走
qiān​zhe​bí​zi​zǒu

to lead by the nose

  • created sense approved 牵着鼻子走/牽著鼻子走 · qiān​zhe​bí​zi​zǒu · to lead by the nose — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    牵着鼻子走 / 牽著鼻子走

    qiān​zhe​bí​zi​zǒu

    to lead by the nose

    To control or influence someone completely; to make someone follow blindly.

    牵 (literal) → 牵/牽 · qiān · to lead 着 (literal) → 着/著 · zhe · [continuous] 鼻 (literal) → 鼻 · bí · nose 子 (bound) → 子 · zi · noun suffix 走 (literal) → 走 · zǒu · to walk

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

    created sense