没头没脸
méi tóu méi liǎn
Pinyin

Definition

没头没脸
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méi tóu méi liǎn
  1. lit. without head, without face (idiom)
  2. fig. frenzily
  3. haphazardly

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

没
méi
  1. 1 (negative prefix for verbs)
  2. 2 have not
  3. 3 not
没有
méi yǒu
  1. 1 haven't
  2. 2 hasn't
  3. 3 doesn't exist
  4. 4 to not have
  5. 5 to not be
脸
liǎn
  1. 1 face
  2. 2 CL:張|张[zhāng],個|个[gè]
头
tóu
  1. 1 head
  2. 2 hair style
  3. 3 the top
  4. 4 end
  5. 5 beginning or end
  6. 6 a stub
  7. 7 remnant
  8. 8 chief
  9. 9 boss
  10. 10 side
  11. 11 aspect
  12. 12 first
  13. 13 leading
  14. 14 classifier for pigs or livestock
  15. 15 CL:個|个[gè]
头发
tóu fa
  1. 1 hair (on the head)
上头
shàng tóu
  1. 1 (of alcohol) to go to one's head
  2. 2 (old) (of a bride-to-be) to bind one's hair into a bun
  3. 3 (of a prostitute) to receive a patron for the first time
丢脸
diū liǎn
  1. 1 to lose face
  2. 2 humiliation
丫头
yā tou
  1. 1 girl
  2. 2 servant girl
  3. 3 (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment)
人头
rén tóu
  1. 1 person
  2. 2 number of people
  3. 3 (per) capita
  4. 4 (a person's) head
  5. 5 (Tw) person whose identity is used by sb else (e.g. to create a bogus account)
低头
dī tóu
  1. 1 to bow the head
  2. 2 to yield
  3. 3 to give in
个头
gè tóu
  1. 1 size
  2. 2 height
倒头
dǎo tóu
  1. 1 to lie down
  2. 2 to die
兆头
zhào tou
  1. 1 omen
  2. 2 portent
  3. 3 sign
光头
guāng tóu
  1. 1 shaven head
  2. 2 bald head
  3. 3 to go bareheaded
  4. 4 hatless
出没
chū mò
  1. 1 to come and go
  2. 2 to roam about (mostly unseen)
  3. 3 (of a ghost) to haunt (a place)
  4. 4 (of a criminal) to stalk (the streets)
  5. 5 (of the sun) to rise and set
出头
chū tóu
  1. 1 to get out of a predicament
  2. 2 to stick out
  3. 3 to take the initiative
  4. 4 remaining odd fraction after a division
  5. 5 a little more than
到头
dào tóu
  1. 1 to the end (of)
  2. 2 at the end of
  3. 3 in the end
  4. 4 to come to an end
到头来
dào tóu lái
  1. 1 in the end
  2. 2 finally
  3. 3 as a result
势头
shì tóu
  1. 1 power
  2. 2 momentum
  3. 3 tendency
  4. 4 impetus
  5. 5 situation
  6. 6 the look of things
包头
Bāo tóu
  1. 1 Baotou prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia

Idioms (20)

丈二和尚，摸不着头脑
zhàng èr hé shang , mō bu zháo tóu nǎo
  1. 1 lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. at a total loss
三个和尚没水喝
sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē
  1. 1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
  3. 3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
三天两头
sān tiān liǎng tóu
  1. 1 lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day
  2. 2 frequently
三头六臂
sān tóu liù bì
  1. 1 lit. to have three heads and six arms (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to possess remarkable abilities
  3. 3 a being of formidable powers
不撞南墙不回头
bù zhuàng nán qiáng bù huí tóu
  1. 1 to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)
不是冤家不聚头
bù shì yuān jiā bù jù tóu
  1. 1 destiny will make enemies meet (idiom)
  2. 2 (often said about lovers who have a disagreement)
不蒸馒头争口气
bù zhēng mán tou zhēng kǒu qì
  1. 1 not to be crushed (idiom)
  2. 2 to be determined to have one's revenge
事到临头
shì dào lín tóu
  1. 1 when things come to a head (idiom)
互别苗头
hù bié miáo tou
  1. 1 to compete with (idiom) (Tw)
  2. 2 to pit oneself against
全军覆没
quán jūn fù mò
  1. 1 total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout
八字没一撇
bā zì méi yī piě
  1. 1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
  3. 3 no sign of success yet
八字还没一撇
bā zì hái méi yī piě
  1. 1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
  3. 3 no sign of success yet
八字还没一撇儿
bā zì hái méi yī piě r5
  1. 1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
  3. 3 no sign of success yet
冤家对头
yuān jiā duì tóu
  1. 1 enemy (idiom); opponent
  2. 2 arch-enemy
冤有头，债有主
yuān yǒu tóu , zhài yǒu zhǔ
  1. 1 for every grievance someone is responsible, for every debt there is a debtor (idiom)
  2. 2 when settling disputes one should not involve third parties
出人头地
chū rén tóu dì
  1. 1 to stand out among one's peers (idiom)
  2. 2 to excel
初露头角
chū lù tóu jiǎo
  1. 1 lit. to first show one's horns (idiom); fig. a first show of emerging talent
  2. 2 first sign of emerging talent
  3. 3 budding genius
劈头盖脸
pī tóu gài liǎn
  1. 1 lit. splitting the head and covering the face (idiom); fig. pelting (with rain etc)
  2. 2 showering down
功不可没
gōng bù kě mò
  1. 1 one's contributions cannot go unnoticed (idiom)
千里搭长棚，没有不散的宴席
qiān lǐ dā cháng péng , méi yǒu bù sàn de yàn xí
  1. 1 even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiom)

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