牽鼻子
qiān​bí​zi

to lead by the nose

  • created sense approved 牵鼻子/牽鼻子 · qiān​bí​zi · to lead by the nose — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    牵鼻子 / 牽鼻子

    qiān​bí​zi

    to lead by the nose

    To control or dominate someone so that they follow one's instructions blindly; often used in the phrase [[牵着鼻子走|牽著鼻子走|qian1 zhe5 bi2 zi5 zou3]]

    牵, 鼻子

    牵 (literal) → 牵/牽 · qiān · to lead 鼻子 (literal) → 鼻子 · bí​zi · nose

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

    created sense