地头蛇 (地頭蛇)
dì tóu shé
Pinyin
Definition
地头蛇 (地頭蛇)
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- local bully
- tyrant
- regional mafia boss
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一个天南,一个地北
- 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
- 1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
一败涂地
- 1 failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly
- 2 a crushing defeat
- 3 beaten and in a hopeless position
一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳
- 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
- 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
上天入地
- 1 lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom)
- 2 fig. to go to great lengths
- 3 to search heaven and earth