首尾
shǒu wěi
Pinyin

Definition

首尾
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shǒu wěi
  1. head and tail

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

首
shǒu
  1. 1 head
  2. 2 chief
  3. 3 first (occasion, thing etc)
  4. 4 classifier for poems, songs etc
首先
shǒu xiān
  1. 1 first (of all)
  2. 2 in the first place
首页
shǒu yè
  1. 1 home page (of a website)
  2. 2 title page
  3. 3 front page
  4. 4 first page
  5. 5 fig. beginning
  6. 6 cover letter
九尾狐
jiǔ wěi hú
  1. 1 nine-tailed fox (mythological creature)
元首
yuán shǒu
  1. 1 head of state
匕首
bǐ shǒu
  1. 1 dagger
回首
huí shǒu
  1. 1 to turn around
  2. 2 to look back
  3. 3 to recollect
尾
wěi
  1. 1 tail
  2. 2 remainder
  3. 3 remnant
  4. 4 extremity
  5. 5 sixth of the 28 constellations
  6. 6 classifier for fish
尾巴
wěi ba
  1. 1 tail
  2. 2 colloquial pr. [yǐ ba]
尾数
wěi shù
  1. 1 remainder (after rounding a number)
  2. 2 decimal part (of number after the decimal point)
  3. 3 mantissa (i.e. fractional part of common logarithm in math.)
  4. 4 small change
  5. 5 balance (of an account)
尾气
wěi qì
  1. 1 exhaust (i.e. waste gas from engine)
  2. 2 emissions
尾牙
wěi yá
  1. 1 a year-end dinner for employees
尾声
wěi shēng
  1. 1 coda
  2. 2 epilogue
  3. 3 end
尾部
wěi bù
  1. 1 back part
  2. 2 rear or tail section
尾随
wěi suí
  1. 1 to tail behind
  2. 2 to tag along
  3. 3 to follow on the heels of
年尾
nián wěi
  1. 1 end of the year
从头到尾
cóng tóu dào wěi
  1. 1 from start to finish
  2. 2 from head to tail
  3. 3 the whole (thing)
彻头彻尾
chè tóu chè wěi
  1. 1 lit. from head to tail (idiom); thoroughgoing
  2. 2 through and through
  3. 3 out and out
  4. 4 from top to bottom
收尾
shōu wěi
  1. 1 to wind up
  2. 2 to bring to an end
  3. 3 to finish
昂首
áng shǒu
  1. 1 head high
  2. 2 in high spirits
  3. 3 to raise one's head (e.g. of neighing horse)

Idioms (20)

低首下心
dī shǒu xià xīn
  1. 1 to be fawningly submissive (idiom)
俯首帖耳
fǔ shǒu tiē ěr
  1. 1 bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient
  2. 2 at sb's beck and call
俯首称臣
fǔ shǒu chēng chén
  1. 1 to bow before (idiom)
  2. 2 to capitulate
吴头楚尾
Wú tóu Chǔ wěi
  1. 1 lit. head in Wu and tail in Chu (idiom); fig. close together
  2. 2 head-to-tail
  3. 3 one thing starts where the other leaves off
宁做鸡头，不做凤尾
nìng zuò jī tóu , bù zuò fèng wěi
  1. 1 lit. would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to prefer to be a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a big pond
尾大不掉
wěi dà bù diào
  1. 1 large tail obstructs action (idiom); bottom heavy
  2. 2 fig. rendered ineffective by subordinates
彻头彻尾
chè tóu chè wěi
  1. 1 lit. from head to tail (idiom); thoroughgoing
  2. 2 through and through
  3. 3 out and out
  4. 4 from top to bottom
搔首弄姿
sāo shǒu nòng zī
  1. 1 to stroke one's hair coquettishly (idiom)
摇头摆尾
yáo tóu bǎi wěi
  1. 1 to nod one's head and wag one's tail (idiom)
  2. 2 to be well pleased with oneself
  3. 3 to have a lighthearted air
昂首挺胸
áng shǒu tǐng xiōng
  1. 1 head high, chest out (idiom); to keep up one's spirits
  2. 2 in fine mettle (of animal)
昂首阔步
áng shǒu kuò bù
  1. 1 striding forward with head high (idiom); to walk with spirited and vigorous step
  2. 2 to strut
有头有尾
yǒu tóu yǒu wěi
  1. 1 where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth
  2. 2 to carry things through
  3. 3 I started, so I'll finish.
有头无尾
yǒu tóu wú wěi
  1. 1 to start but not finish (idiom); to fail to carry things through
  2. 2 lack of sticking power
  3. 3 short attention span
狐狸尾巴
hú li wěi ba
  1. 1 lit. fox's tail (idiom); visible sign of evil intentions
  2. 2 to reveal one's evil nature
  3. 3 evidence that reveals the villain
狗尾续貂
gǒu wěi xù diāo
  1. 1 lit. to use a dog's tail as a substitute for sable fur (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a worthless sequel to a masterpiece
畏首畏尾
wèi shǒu wèi wěi
  1. 1 afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom); ever fearful and nervous
  2. 2 afraid of the slightest thing
痛心疾首
tòng xīn jí shǒu
  1. 1 bitter and hateful (idiom)
  2. 2 to grieve and lament (over sth)
白首齐眉
bái shǒu qí méi
  1. 1 (of a couple) to grow old together in mutual respect (idiom)
皓首苍颜
hào shǒu cāng yán
  1. 1 white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom); decrepit old age
祸首罪魁
huò shǒu zuì kuí
  1. 1 main offender, criminal ringleader (idiom); main culprit
  2. 2 fig. main cause of a disaster

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