the shot hits the bird that pokes its head out (idiom); nonconformity gets punished
trad. 槍打出頭鳥
Also written 槍打出頭鳥【qiāng dǎ chū tóu niǎo】
Characters in this word
5枪
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surname Qiang
- Pinyin
- Qiāng
- Traditional
- 槍
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 496 of 2500
打
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(loanword) dozen, Taiwan pr. [da3]
- Pinyin
- dá
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 195 of 2500
出
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to go out; to come out, to arise; to occur, to produce; to yield, to go beyond; to exceed, (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result), classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
- Pinyin
- chū
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 328 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
鸟
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variant of 屌[diao3], penis
- Pinyin
- diǎo
- Traditional
- 鳥
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 1962 of 2500