荃蹄
quán​tí

means to an end

  • created sense approved 荃蹄 · quán​tí · means to an end — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    荃蹄

    quán​tí

    means to an end

    (literary) tools or methods used to achieve a specific goal, often discarded once their purpose is served; same as [[筌蹄|筌蹄|quan2 ti2]]

    荃 (literal) → 荃 · quán · fragrant plant 蹄 (literal) → 蹄 · tí · trap

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

    created sense