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Korean idiom pull the strings

피리를 불다

  • Form listed in the dictionary: 피리를 불다
  • 피리를 불다

English rendering pull the strings Literal translation: “play a flute”

Meaning 1

(속되게) 뒤에서 부추겨 조종하다.

Colloquially, to incite and manipulate from behind the scenes.

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“피리를 불다” — pull the strings: Colloquially, to incite and manipulate from behind the scenes.
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