栽跟头 — Semantide dictionary

Entry

栽zāi跟gēn头tou

to fall head over heels; (fig.) to come a cropper
trad. 栽跟頭

Also written 栽跟頭【zāi gēn tou】

Characters in this word

3

栽

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to plant; to grow, to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign), to impose sth on sb, to stumble; to fall down

Pinyin: zāi

Strokes: 10
Frequency: 20437 of 2500

Words starting with 栽 Words ending in 栽 Anywhere in a word

跟

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heel, to follow closely, to go with, (of a woman) to marry sb, with, compared with, to, towards, and (joining two nouns)

Pinyin: gēn

Strokes: 13
Frequency: 56 of 2500

Words starting with 跟 Words ending in 跟 Anywhere in a word

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

Words starting with 头 Words ending in 头 Anywhere in a word