táng​yī​pào​dàn

sugar-coated bullet

  • created reference approved 糖衣炮弹/糖衣炮彈 → 颗/顆 (classifier) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    糖衣炮弹 / 糖衣炮彈 táng​yī​pào​dàn

    颗 / 顆 kē

    classifier

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

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  • created reference approved 糖衣炮弹/糖衣炮彈 → 糖弹/糖彈 (abbreviation) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    糖衣炮弹 / 糖衣炮彈 táng​yī​pào​dàn

    糖弹 / 糖彈 táng​dàn

    abbreviation

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  • created sense approved 糖衣炮弹/糖衣炮彈 · táng​yī​pào​dàn · sugar-coated bullet — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    糖衣炮弹 / 糖衣炮彈

    táng​yī​pào​dàn

    sugar-coated bullet

    A metaphor for corrupting influences or deceptive tactics that use flattery and temptation to lure someone into a trap; originally used by Mao Zedong to describe bourgeois influences.

    糖衣 (literal) → 糖衣 · táng​yī · sugarcoating 炮弹 (literal) → 炮弹/炮彈 · pào​dàn · artillery shell

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

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