出风头 (出風頭)
chū fēng tou
Pinyin

Definition

出风头 (出風頭)
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chū fēng tou
  1. to push oneself forward
  2. to seek fame
  3. to be in the limelight
  4. same as 出鋒頭|出锋头[chū fēng tou]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

fù chū
  1. 1 to pay
  2. 2 to invest (energy or time in a friendship etc)
shēn chū
  1. 1 to extend
chū
  1. 1 to go out
  2. 2 to come out
  3. 3 to occur
  4. 4 to produce
  5. 5 to go beyond
  6. 6 to rise
  7. 7 to put forth
  8. 8 to happen
  9. 9 (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result)
  10. 10 classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
chū lái
  1. 1 to come out
  2. 2 to appear
  3. 3 to arise
chū qù
  1. 1 to go out

Idioms (20)

一言既出,驷马难追
yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuī
  1. 1 lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
一鼻孔出气
yī bí kǒng chū qì
  1. 1 lit. to breathe through the same nostril (idiom); fig. two people say exactly the same thing (usually derog.)
  2. 2 to sing from the same hymn sheet
仓皇出逃
cāng huáng chū táo
  1. 1 to run off in a great panic (idiom)
倾巢而出
qīng cháo ér chū
  1. 1 the whole nest came out (idiom); to turn out in full strength
出乎意外
chū hū yì wài
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected

Sample Sentences

可能就是因为我太出风头了,才会变成她的眼中钉。刚上任就给我下马威。
kěnéng jiùshì yīnwèi wǒ tài chūfēngtou le ,cái huì biànchéng tā de yǎnzhōngdīng 。gāng shàngrèn jiù gěi wǒ xiàmǎwēi 。
It's probably because I took too much of the spotlight that I became a thorn in her side. She cracked the whip with me right after she took office.
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以前我读书的时候,大家都不喜欢举手问问题,因为他们觉得问问题的人是在出风头。
yǐqián wǒ dúshū de shíhou ,dàjiā dōu bù xǐhuan jǔshǒu wèn wèntí ,yīnwèi tāmen juéde wèn wèntí de rén shì zài chūfēngtou 。
When I was a student, people didn't like to raise their hands to ask questions during the class because they would think the person asking questions is showing off.
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枪打出头鸟,你别太出风头,低调一点比较好。
qiāngdǎchūtóuniǎo ,nǐ bié tài chūfēngtou ,dīdiào yìdiǎn bǐjiào hǎo 。
Ostentatious people tend to become easy targets. Stay low-key.
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