a turtle that pulls its head in; (fig.) coward; chicken
trad. 縮頭烏龜
Also written 縮頭烏龜【suō tóu wū guī】
Characters in this word
4缩
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to withdraw, to pull back, to contract, to shrink, to reduce, abbreviation, also pr. [su4]
- Pinyin
- suō
- Traditional
- 縮
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 37781 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
乌
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abbr. for country names that begin with 烏|乌[wu1]: Ukraine 烏克蘭|乌克兰[Wu1 ke4 lan2], Uzbekistan 烏茲別克斯坦|乌兹别克斯坦[Wu1 zi1 bie2 ke4 si1 tan3] etc, surname Wu
- Pinyin
- Wū
- Traditional
- 烏
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 12741 of 2500
龟
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tortoise; turtle, (coll.) cuckold
- Pinyin
- guī
- Traditional
- 龜
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 6133 of 2500