线民
xiàn​mín

informer

  • created reference approved 线民/線民 → 线人/線人 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    线民 / 線民 xiàn​mín

    线人 / 線人 xiàn​rén

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 线民/線民 · xiàn​mín · informer — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    线民 / 線民

    xiàn​mín

    informer

    A person who secretly provides information to the police or intelligence agencies; stool pigeon. Also called [[线人|線人|xian4 ren2]].

    线 (literal) → 线/線 · xiàn · clue 民 (literal) → 民 · mín · person of a certain group

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

    created sense