扯線公仔 (ce2 sin3 gung1 zai2) — marionette in Cantonese

ceˊ²扯sin˗₃線gungˉ¹公zaiˊ²仔

简扯线公仔

Mandarin Pinyin: che3 xian4 gong1 zai3

Meaning of 扯線公仔

nounmarionette

noun(noun) (of puppet) a marionette; (slang) to describe someone who is effectively just a puppet being controlled by people or organizations; a figurehead

Characters in 扯線公仔

扯ce2

(Canto only) [v] leave; return

線sin3

Please refer to its variant 綫 for detail.

公gung1

mister (Mr) – a term of address for elderly man

仔zai2 zi2

person; small animal, fowl or object

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