Sentences with phrase «chinese puzzle box»
Think of a Chinese puzzle box — shapes fitted within shapes, hidden latches and concealed compartments — and you get some idea of the intricacy of this modern house.
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It's more like a Chinese puzzle box which requires long hours and diligence to solve, but when the box finally opens, frustrates us to discover it was empty all along.
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The main room was filled with 40,000 spouts broken off from Chinese porcelain teapots arranged in a circle, and in the side room, a big puzzle box made from reclaimed huali wood.
As Winkfield says of his collages: «It's like a Chinese box puzzle; one thing leads to another.»