lit. strong dragon cannot repress a snake (idiom); fig. a local gangster who is above the law
trad. 強龍不壓地頭蛇
Also written 強龍不壓地頭蛇【qiáng lóng bù yā dì tóu shé】
Characters in this word
7强
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surname Qiang
- Pinyin
- Qiáng
- Traditional
- 強
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 2485 of 2500
龙
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surname Long
- Pinyin
- Lóng
- Traditional
- 龍
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 3595 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
压
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to press, to push down, to keep under (control), pressure
- Pinyin
- yā
- Traditional
- 壓
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 8196 of 2500
地
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-ly, structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- Pinyin
- de
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 271 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
蛇
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variant of 蛇[she2]
- Pinyin
- shé
- Traditional
- 虵
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 3006 of 2500