牽絲傀儡
qiān​sī​kuǐ​lěi

marionette

  • created sense approved 牵丝傀儡/牽絲傀儡 · qiān​sī​kuǐ​lěi · marionette — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    牵丝傀儡 / 牽絲傀儡

    qiān​sī​kuǐ​lěi

    marionette

    puppet controlled from above using wires or strings

    牵 (literal) → 牵/牽 · qiān · to lead 丝 (literal) → 丝/絲 · sī · strand 傀儡 (literal) → 傀儡 · kuǐ​lěi · puppet

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

    created sense