狙公
jū​gōng

monkey keeper

  • created reference approved 狙公 → 庄子/莊子 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    狙公 jū​gōng

    庄子 / 莊子 zhuāng​zǐ

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 狙公 · jū​gōng · monkey keeper — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    狙公

    jū​gōng

    monkey keeper

    A person who keeps monkeys, specifically referring to a character from the [[庄子|莊子|zhuang1 zi3]] who used cleverness to manage monkeys; metaphorically, a person who manipulates others

    狙 (literal) → 狙 · jū · macaque 公 (literal) → 公 · gōng · sir

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

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