CHINESE PUZZLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chinese puzzle mean? 

• CHINESE PUZZLE (noun)
  The noun CHINESE PUZZLE has 1 sense:

1. intricate or ingenious puzzle consisting of boxes within boxes

  Familiarity information: CHINESE PUZZLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHINESE PUZZLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Intricate or ingenious puzzle consisting of boxes within boxes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("Chinese puzzle" is a kind of...):

puzzle (a game that tests your ingenuity)

 Context examples 

You wanted to write about the world and the scheme of existence when the world was a Chinese puzzle to you and all that you could have written would have been about what you did not know of the scheme of existence.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)