lit. tiger's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish
trad. 虎頭蛇尾
Also written 虎頭蛇尾【hǔ tóu shé wěi】
Characters in this word
4虎
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tiger, CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- Pinyin
- hǔ
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 10628 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
尾
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tail, remainder, remnant, extremity, sixth of the 28 constellations, classifier for fish
- Pinyin
- wěi
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 9230 of 2500