馬首是瞻
mǎ​shǒu​shì​zhān

to follow someone's lead

  • created reference approved 马首是瞻/馬首是瞻 → 亦步亦趋/亦步亦趨 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    马首是瞻 / 馬首是瞻 mǎ​shǒu​shì​zhān

    亦步亦趋 / 亦步亦趨 yì​bù​yì​qū

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 马首是瞻/馬首是瞻 · mǎ​shǒu​shì​zhān · to follow someone's lead — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    马首是瞻 / 馬首是瞻

    mǎ​shǒu​shì​zhān

    to follow someone's lead

    to follow blindly or take as one's only guide; to follow someone's lead without having any ideas of one's own

    马 (literal) → 马/馬 · mǎ · horse 首 (literal) → 首 · shǒu · head 是 (literal) → 是 · shì · [object marker] 瞻 (literal) → 瞻 · zhān · to gaze

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

    created sense