傀儡 (guī) — puppet (literal, as in a puppet show); a person or entity under the control of someone else; puppet (figurative)
Definition
Literally a string-controlled puppet from puppet theater; figuratively, a person or regime with no real power, just acting on someone else's orders. A literary word, not for everyday use.
noun
puppet (literal, as in a puppet show)a person or entity under the control of someone elsepuppet (figurative)
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 傀儡。Cāo zòng zhě yòng xiàn kòng zhì guī de měi yí gè dòng zuò.The operator controls every movement of the puppet with strings.
- 傀儡。Nà ge zhèng fǔ zhǐ shì wài guó shì lì de guī.That government is just a puppet of foreign forces.
- 傀儡，。Tā bú yuàn zuò rèn hé rén de guī, jiān chí dú lì jué cè.He refuses to be anyone's puppet and insists on making independent decisions.
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