耍得团团转
shuǎ​de​tuán​tuán​zhuàn

to lead someone in circles

  • created sense approved 耍得团团转/耍得團團轉 · shuǎ​de​tuán​tuán​zhuàn · to lead someone in circles — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    耍得团团转 / 耍得團團轉

    shuǎ​de​tuán​tuán​zhuàn

    to lead someone in circles

    To fool or dupe someone, leaving them confused or busy doing useless work; literally to make someone spin like a top

    耍 (literal) → 耍 · shuǎ · to make fun of 得 (literal) → 得 · de · [degree/result] 团团转 (literal) → 团团转/團團轉 · tuán​tuán​zhuàn · to go round in circles

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

    created sense