传声筒 (chuán shēng tǒng) — megaphone; loudspeaker; (figurative) mouthpiece; someone who mechanically repeats another's words
Definition
Literally 'sound-transmitting tube': a megaphone (the device), and figuratively a person who just echoes someone else's words. The figurative sense is a criticism — the person has no opinions of their own.
noun
megaphoneloudspeaker(figurative) mouthpiecesomeone who mechanically repeats another's words
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 传声筒，。Tā zài tái shàng ná zhe chuán shēng tǒng hǎn huà, shēng yīn chuán dé hěn yuǎn.He shouted through a megaphone on the stage, and his voice carried far.
- 传声筒，。Tā zhǐ shì lǐng dǎo de chuán shēng tǒng, zì jǐ méi yǒu rèn hé xiǎng fǎ.He's just the leader's mouthpiece — he has no ideas of his own.
- 传声筒。Méi tǐ bù néng chéng wéi quán lì de chuán shēng tǒng.The media must not become a megaphone for those in power.
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