zhuì​liú

figurehead

  • created sense approved 赘旒/贅旒 · zhuì​liú · figurehead — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    赘旒 / 贅旒

    zhuì​liú

    figurehead

    A puppet or figurehead, especially a ruler who has lost their power to subordinates; someone who is merely for show and holds no actual authority.

    赘 (literal) → 赘/贅 · zhuì · superfluous 旒 (literal) → 旒 · liú · streamer

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

    created sense