地头蛇 (地頭蛇)
dì tóu shé
Pinyin

Definition

地头蛇 (地頭蛇)
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dì tóu shé
  1. local bully
  2. tyrant
  3. regional mafia boss

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

de
  1. 1 -ly
  2. 2 structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
dì zhǔ
  1. 1 landlord
  2. 2 landowner
  3. 3 host
dì zhǐ
  1. 1 address
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
dì fāng
  1. 1 region
  2. 2 regional (away from the central administration)
  3. 3 local
bù bài zhī dì
  1. 1 invincible position

Idioms (20)

一个天南,一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
一败涂地
yī bài tú dì
  1. 1 failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly
  2. 2 a crushing defeat
  3. 3 beaten and in a hopeless position
一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
上天入地
shàng tiān rù dì
  1. 1 lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to go to great lengths
  3. 3 to search heaven and earth