Chinese puzzle

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A kind of puzzle made of interlocking pieces that must be disassembled and reassembled.

    "The Consul carried another drink with Yvonne’s letters into an inner room, one of the boxes in the Chinese puzzle."

  2. 2
    intricate or ingenious puzzle consisting of boxes within boxes wordnet
  3. 3
    A senseless situation. figuratively, idiomatic

Synonyms

All synonyms
complexcruxenigmafloorergordian knotjungle

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"The Consul carried another drink with Yvonne’s letters into an inner room, one of the boxes in the Chinese puzzle."

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