幕后黑手

malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes / hidden hand

curtain or screen / canopy or tent / headquarters of a general / act (of a play)

old variant of 幕[mu4] / curtain / screen

behind the scenes

empress / queen / (archaic) monarch / ruler

back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post-

abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]

black / dark / sinister / secret / shady / illegal / to hide (sth) away / to vilify / (loanword) to hack (computing)

(fig.) malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes / hidden hand / (Tw) mechanic / blue-collar worker / manual laborer

hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]