从头到尾 [從頭到尾] - from start to finish, from head to tail, the whole (thing) - cóng tóu dào wěi | Definition | ChinesePod.com

从头到尾 (從頭到尾)

cóng tóu dào wěi

Pinyin

Definition

从头到尾 (從頭到尾)

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cóng tóu dào wěi

from start to finish
from head to tail
the whole (thing)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

dào

1 to (a place)
2 until (a time)
3 up to
4 to go
5 to arrive
6 (verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)

dé dào

1 to get
2 to obtain
3 to receive

bù dào

1 not to arrive
2 not reaching
3 insufficient
4 less than

lái dào

1 to come
2 to arrive

zuò dào

1 to accomplish
2 to achieve

Idioms (20)

一条路走到黑

yī tiáo lù zǒu dào hēi

1 lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom)
2 fig. to stick to one's ways
3 to cling to one's course

不到火候不揭锅

bù dào huǒ hòu bù jiē guō

1 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)

不到黄河心不死

bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ

1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
3 to keep going while some hope is left

不问就听不到假话

bù wèn jiù tīng bù dào jiǎ huà

1 Don't ask and you won't be told any lies. (idiom)

事到临头

shì dào lín tóu

1 when things come to a head (idiom)

Sample Sentences

算你了解我，点的这个还真对了我的胃。好啦啤酒教授，麻烦你从头到尾，一五一十地指导我这关于精酿啤酒的学问。

suàn nǐ liǎojiě wǒ ，diǎn de zhège hái zhēn duì le wǒ de wèi 。hǎo la píjiǔ jiàoshòu ，máfan nǐ cóngtóudàowěi ，yīwǔyīshí de zhǐdǎo wǒ zhè guānyú jīngniàngpíjiǔ de xuéwèn 。

You really do understand me, this one you ordered is really up my alley. OK! Professor Beer, please give me a complete rundown of your scholarship on craft beer.

我看不只是情绪激动哦，那位贾先生摆明了就是要找我们麻烦，他刚刚从头到尾都没有想看一下过世的妈妈，只是指控我们有医疗疏失。

wǒkàn bù zhǐshì qíngxù jīdòng ò ，nà wèi Jiǎ xiānsheng bǎimíng le jiùshì yào zhǎo wǒmen máfan ，tā gānggāng cóngtóudàowěi dōu méiyǒu xiǎng kàn yíxià guòshì de māma ，zhǐshì zhǐkòng wǒmen yǒu yīliáo shūshī 。

Nurse: It didn't just seem like the heat of the moment to me. I think that Mr Jia was out for blood. He didn't even mention wanting to see his mom from start to finish, he was only focused on accusing us of being at fault.