lit. the butt governs the head (idiom); fig. where one stands depends on where one sits; one's views are shaped by one's circumstances
trad. 屁股決定腦袋
Also written 屁股決定腦袋【pì gu jué dìng nǎo dai】
Characters in this word
6屁
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fart, flatulence, nonsense, (usu. in the negative) what, (not) a damn thing
- Pinyin
- pì
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 3566 of 2500
股
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thigh, part of a whole; portion of a sum, (finance) stock; share, strand of a thread, low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[ke1], classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc, classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff, classifier for bands of people, gangs etc, classifier for sudden forceful actions
- Pinyin
- gǔ
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 12652 of 2500
决
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to decide, to determine, to execute (sb), (of a dam etc) to breach or burst, definitely, certainly
- Pinyin
- jué
- Traditional
- 決
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 36416 of 2500
定
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to fix; to set; to make definite, to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc), to congeal; to coagulate, (literary) definitely
- Pinyin
- dìng
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 2734 of 2500
脑
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brain, mind, head, essence
- Pinyin
- nǎo
- Traditional
- 腦
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 10227 of 2500
袋
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pouch, bag, sack, pocket
- Pinyin
- dài
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 7930 of 2500