lit. to try to make an ox drink by forcing its head down to the water (idiom); fig. to try to impose one's will on sb
trad. 牛不喝水強按頭
Also written 牛不喝水強按頭【niú bù hē shuǐ qiǎng àn tóu】
Characters in this word
7牛
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
surname Niu
- Pinyin
- Niú
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 2680 of 2500
不
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
喝
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to drink, variant of 嗬[he1]
- Pinyin
- hē
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 394 of 2500
水
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
surname Shui, Shui ethnic group
- Pinyin
- Shuǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 807 of 2500
强
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
surname Qiang
- Pinyin
- Qiáng
- Traditional
- 強
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 2485 of 2500
按
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to press, to push, to leave aside or shelve, to control, to restrain, to keep one's hand on, to check or refer to, according to, in the light of, (of an editor or author) to make a comment
- Pinyin
- àn
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 1053 of 2500
头
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
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