发冠卷尾
fà guān juǎn wěi
Pinyin

Definition

发冠卷尾
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fà guān juǎn wěi
  1. (bird species of China) hair-crested drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

冠
Guàn
  1. 1 surname Guan
冠军
guàn jūn
  1. 1 champion
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
卷
juǎn
  1. 1 to roll up
  2. 2 roll
  3. 3 classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)
卷子
juǎn zi
  1. 1 steamed roll
  2. 2 spring roll
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]
尾牙
wěi yá
  1. 1 a year-end dinner for employees
皇冠
huáng guān
  1. 1 crown (headgear)
结尾
jié wěi
  1. 1 ending
  2. 2 coda
  3. 3 to wind up
衣冠
yī guān
  1. 1 hat and clothes
  2. 2 attire
试卷
shì juàn
  1. 1 examination paper
  2. 2 test paper
  3. 3 CL:份[fèn],張|张[zhāng]
九尾狐
jiǔ wěi hú
  1. 1 nine-tailed fox (mythological creature)
交卷
jiāo juàn
  1. 1 to hand in one's examination script
冠以
guàn yǐ
  1. 1 to label
  2. 2 to call
冠冕堂皇
guān miǎn táng huáng
  1. 1 high-sounding
  2. 2 dignified
  3. 3 pompous (idiom)
冠心病
guān xīn bìng
  1. 1 coronary heart disease
冠军赛
guàn jūn sài
  1. 1 championship
卷土重来
juǎn tǔ chóng lái
  1. 1 lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
  3. 3 to make a comeback
卷心菜
juǎn xīn cài
  1. 1 cabbage
  2. 2 CL:棵[kē]
卷起
juǎn qǐ
  1. 1 variant of 捲起|卷起[juǎn qǐ]

Idioms (20)

冠冕堂皇
guān miǎn táng huáng
  1. 1 high-sounding
  2. 2 dignified
  3. 3 pompous (idiom)
卷土重来
juǎn tǔ chóng lái
  1. 1 lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
  3. 3 to make a comeback
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
峨冠博带
é guān bó dài
  1. 1 official class
  2. 2 intellectual class (idiom)
张冠李戴
Zhāng guān Lǐ dài
  1. 1 lit. to put Zhang's hat on Li's head
  2. 2 to attribute sth to the wrong person (idiom)
  3. 3 to confuse one thing with another
弹冠相庆
tán guān xiāng qìng
  1. 1 lit. to flick dust off sb's cap (idiom); to celebrate an official appointment
  2. 2 to congratulate and celebrate (promotion, graduation etc)
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
怒发冲冠
nù fà chōng guān
  1. 1 lit. hair stands up in anger and tips off one's hat (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. seething in anger
  3. 3 raise one's hackles
手不释卷
shǒu bù shì juàn
  1. 1 lit. always with a book in hand (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking
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
收旗卷伞
shōu qí juǎn sǎn
  1. 1 lit. to furl up flags and umbrellas (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to stop what one is doing
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
沐猴而冠
mù hóu ér guàn
  1. 1 lit. a monkey wearing a hat (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. worthless person in imposing attire
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
瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠
guā tián bù nà lu:3 , lǐ xià bù zhěng guān
  1. 1 lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion
  3. 3 innocent acts may be misconstrued
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

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