人头 (人頭)
rén tóu
Pinyin

Definition

人头 (人頭)
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rén tóu
  1. person
  2. number of people
  3. (per) capita
  4. (a person's) head
  5. (Tw) person whose identity is used by sb else (e.g. to create a bogus account)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人
rén
  1. 1 man
  2. 2 person
  3. 3 people
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 位 wèi
人生
rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
别人
bié ren
  1. 1 other people
  2. 2 others
  3. 3 other person
女人
nǚ rén
  1. 1 woman
男人
nán rén
  1. 1 a man
  2. 2 a male
  3. 3 men
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一鸣惊人
yī míng jīng rén
  1. 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
三人成虎
sān rén chéng hǔ
  1. 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行，必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三个女人一台戏
sān ge nǚ rén yī tái xì
  1. 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)

Sample Sentences

不过这样的人也有出人头地的。你看杜月笙、黄金荣。后来都成了统治上海的老大。
bùguò zhèyàng de rén yě yǒu chūréntóudì de 。nǐ kàn Dù Yuèshēng 、Huáng Jīnróng 。hòulái dōu chéng le tǒngzhì Shànghǎi de lǎodà 。
But there were also some stand-outs among people like that. Think of Du Yuesheng and Huang Jinrong. Later on, they became the big bosses who ran Shanghai!
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能不能别总在那儿一本正经地胡说八道，说点有用的，我自问也是挺努力上进的人，明明知道这辈子要出人头地应该是没指望了，可是内心却还是有点儿小悸动渴望着功成名就呀。
néngbùnéng bié zǒng zài nàr yīběnzhèngjing de húshuōbādào ，shuō diǎnr yǒuyòngde ，wǒ zì wèn yě shì tǐng nǔlì shàngjìn de rén ，míngmíng míng zhīdào zhèbèizi yào chūréntóudì yīnggāi shì méi zhǐwàng le ，kěshì nèixīn què háishì yǒudiǎnr xiǎo jìdòng kěwàng zhe gōngchéngmíngjiù ya 。
Can you not with the deadpan nonsense? Say something useful. Asking questions of myself is also me trying my best to improve myself. Although I'm clear in the knowledge that in this lifetime I've got no hope of standing out, inside I still have hunger for success and fame.
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上海正大广场的喜茶店人头攒动。刚拿到“多肉车厘”饮品的陈女士告诉记者:“特别是加入水果的饮品，喝起来既有茶香，又能吃到新鲜果肉，味道很新颖”。
Shànghǎi zhèng dà guǎngchǎng de xǐ chá diàn réntóucuándòng 。gāng ná dào “duōròu chēlí ”yǐnpǐn de Chén nǚshì gàosu jìzhě “tèbié shì jiārù shuǐguǒ de yǐnpǐn ，hē qilai jìyǒu chá xiāng ，yòu néng chī dào xīnxiān guǒròu ，wèidao hěn xīnyǐng ”。
The tea shop in Zhengda Square in Shanghai is crowded. Ms. Chen, who just bought a drink with succulent fruits told the reporter: “Drinks with fruits added are refreshing because you can enjoy both tea and fresh fruits at the same time.”
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包厢费、算人头的
bāoxiāng fèi 、suàn réntóu de
private room fee or per person fee
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