牵线 (牽線) qiānxiàn

qiānxiàn verb to pull strings; to manipulate (a puppet); to control from behind the scene; to mediate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '牽線')

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  • Scroll 6 Collection of Meanings and Terms in Translation (Fanyi Mingyi Ji) 翻譯名義集 — count: 1
  • Scroll 1 Quotations from Chan Master Fenyang Wude 汾陽無德禪師語錄 — count: 1
  • Scroll 4 Wan Song Laoren Ping Chang Tian Tong Jue Heshang Song Gu Congrong An Lu 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 — count: 1 , has English translation