"穿針引線" meaning in Chinese

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "穿針引線",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to act as a go-between; to act as a middleman"
      ],
      "id": "en-穿針引線-zh-phrase-T4BoMP9c",
      "links": [
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "go-between",
          "go-between"
        ],
        [
          "middleman",
          "middleman"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) to act as a go-between; to act as a middleman"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chuānzhēnyǐnxiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄔㄨㄢ ㄓㄣ ㄧㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cyun¹ zam¹ jan⁵ sin³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chuānzhēnyǐnxiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chuanjhenyǐnsiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chʻuan¹-chên¹-yin³-hsien⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chwān-jēn-yǐn-syàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chuanjenyiinshiann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чуаньчжэньиньсянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čuanʹčžɛnʹinʹsjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ in²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chyūn jām yáhn sin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsyn¹ dzam¹ jan⁵ sin³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qun¹ zem¹ yen⁵ xin³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ t͡sɐm⁵⁵ jɐn¹³ siːn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ in²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ t͡sɐm⁵⁵ jɐn¹³ siːn³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "穿針引線"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "穿針引線",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese four-character idioms",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese four-character idioms",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin four-character idioms",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to act as a go-between; to act as a middleman"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "go-between",
          "go-between"
        ],
        [
          "middleman",
          "middleman"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) to act as a go-between; to act as a middleman"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chuānzhēnyǐnxiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄔㄨㄢ ㄓㄣ ㄧㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cyun¹ zam¹ jan⁵ sin³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chuānzhēnyǐnxiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chuanjhenyǐnsiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chʻuan¹-chên¹-yin³-hsien⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chwān-jēn-yǐn-syàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chuanjenyiinshiann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чуаньчжэньиньсянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čuanʹčžɛnʹinʹsjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ in²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chyūn jām yáhn sin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsyn¹ dzam¹ jan⁵ sin³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qun¹ zem¹ yen⁵ xin³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ t͡sɐm⁵⁵ jɐn¹³ siːn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ in²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ t͡sɐm⁵⁵ jɐn¹³ siːn³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "穿針引線"
}