lit. splitting the head and covering the face (idiom); fig. pelting (with rain etc); showering down
trad. 劈頭蓋臉
Also written 劈頭蓋臉【pī tóu gài liǎn】
Characters in this word
4劈
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to hack, to chop, to split open, (of lightning) to strike
- Pinyin
- pī
- Strokes
- 15
- Frequency
- 10818 of 2500
头
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head, hair style, the top, end, beginning or end, a stub, remnant, chief, boss, side, aspect, first, leading, classifier for pigs or livestock, CL:個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- tóu
- Traditional
- 頭
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 773 of 2500
盖
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surname Ge
- Pinyin
- Gě
- Traditional
- 蓋
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 2903 of 2500
脸
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face, CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- liǎn
- Traditional
- 臉
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 889 of 2500