头脑 (頭腦)
tóu nǎo
Pinyin

Definition

头脑 (頭腦)
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tóu nǎo
  1. brains
  2. mind
  3. skull
  4. (fig.) gist (of a matter)
  5. leader
  6. boss

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

回头
huí tóu
  1. 1 to turn round
  2. 2 to turn one's head
  3. 3 later
  4. 4 by and by
大脑
dà nǎo
  1. 1 brain
  2. 2 cerebrum
年头
nián tóu
  1. 1 start of the year
  2. 2 whole year
  3. 3 a particular year
  4. 4 period
  5. 5 days
  6. 6 epoch
  7. 7 a year's harvest
抬头
tái tóu
  1. 1 to raise one's head
  2. 2 to gain ground
  3. 3 account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc
枕头
zhěn tou
  1. 1 pillow

Idioms (20)

丈二和尚，摸不着头脑
zhàng èr hé shang , mō bu zháo tóu nǎo
  1. 1 lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. at a total loss
三天两头
sān tiān liǎng tóu
  1. 1 lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day
  2. 2 frequently
三头六臂
sān tóu liù bì
  1. 1 lit. to have three heads and six arms (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to possess remarkable abilities
  3. 3 a being of formidable powers
不撞南墙不回头
bù zhuàng nán qiáng bù huí tóu
  1. 1 to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)
不是冤家不聚头
bù shì yuān jiā bù jù tóu
  1. 1 destiny will make enemies meet (idiom)
  2. 2 (often said about lovers who have a disagreement)

Sample Sentences

所以说啊，这所谓时尚啊，真是让人丈二和尚摸不着头脑。
suǒyǐshuō ā ，zhè suǒwèi shíshàng ā ，zhēn shì ràngrén zhàngèrhéshang mō buzháo tóunǎo 。
So that's why I say, what we call fashion really leaves one at a loss.
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我醒来后做两三个平板，冥想十分钟，出卧室后干搓脸半分钟，头脑清晰后，马上投入到看书、写文、锻炼或做早餐中去，那开了个好头的一天就有好彩头。
wǒ xǐnglái hòu zuò liǎng sān gè píngbǎn ，míngxiǎng shí fēnzhōng ，chū wòshì hòu gān cuō liǎn bàn fēnzhōng ，tóunǎo qīngxī hòu ，mǎshàng tóurù dào kànshū 、xiěwén 、duànliàn huò zuò zǎocān zhōng qù ，nà kāi le gè hǎo tóu de yītiān jiù yǒu hǎocǎitóu 。
When I wake up, I do a couple of planks and meditate for ten minutes. I leave my bedroom and give myself a face massage for half a minute. When I'm fully awake, I launch myself into either reading, writing or breakfast making. With such a great start to the day, it's inevitable that I'm going to have a great day ahead of me.
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这行当适合您啊，敢创新、有魄力头脑又转得快！做生意正好！
zhè hángdang shìhé nín ā ，gǎn chuàngxīn 、yǒu pòlì tóunǎo yòu zhuàn de kuài ！zuò shēngyi zhènghǎo ！
That kind of career suits you very well. Given your courage in innovation, along with your drive, brains and adaptability, you're perfectly suited to doing business!
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这也是一条致富路哈！你的朋友都很有商业头脑啊。
zhè yě shì yī tiáo zhìfù lù hā ！nǐ de péngyou dōu hěn yǒu shāngyè tóunǎo ā 。
It's one way to get rich, ha ha! You're friends are all very business-minded.
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有你说的这么夸张吗？不过话说回来，马云还真是有头脑，楞是把一个网上戏谑的光棍节变成一个全民购物的狂欢节。一天的线上营销额能达到几百亿人民币，真是不可思议啊。
yǒu nǐshuōde zhème kuāzhāng ma ？bùguò huàshuōhuílai ，mǎ yún hái zhēn shì yǒu tóunǎo ，lèng shì bǎ yī gè wǎngshàng xìxuè de guānggùn jié biànchéng yī gè quánmín gòuwù de kuánghuān jié 。yītiān de xiàn shàng yíngxiāo é néng dádào jǐ bǎi yì rénmínbì ，zhēn shì bùkěsīyì ā 。
Surely it's not as over the top as you put it out to be. Saying that, Ma Yun really is smart, he made a bogus holiday that was created online into a national shopping festival. The profits from one day alone can reach hundreds of millions RNB. It's really incredible.
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通过头脑训练我变得更聪明了。
tōngguò tóunǎo xùnliàn wǒ biànde gèng cōngming le 。
Through mental training I became smarter.
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我头脑中一片空白。
wǒ tóunǎo zhōng yī piàn kòngbái 。
There is nothing in my head.
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主动消费呢，就是像我这样，有需要了才去买，被动消费呢，就是你这样的，本来根本就没有这个消费需求，被打折啊，促销啊这样的活动冲昏了头脑，产生了消费意愿，买了一大堆用不着的东西。
zhǔdòng xiāofèi ne ，jiùshì xiàng wǒ zhèyàng ，yǒu xūyào le cái qù mǎi ，bèidòng xiāofèi ne ，jiùshì nǐ zhèyàng de ，běnlái gēnběn jiù méiyǒu zhè ge xiāofèi xūqiú ，bèi dǎzhé ā ，cùxiāo ā zhèyàng de huódòng chōnghūn le tóunǎo ，chǎnshēng le xiāofèi yìyuàn ，mǎi le yīdàduī yòngbuzháo de dōngxi 。
Active consumerism is just like me: when I need something I go buy it. Passive consumerism is just like you: you don't have the need at all to consume but discounts and sales promotions make you dizzy in the head, create a desire to consume and cause you to buy a huge pile of stuff you won't use.
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处女座是完美主义者，他们心思细密、感情内敛、思路清晰。处女座的人，一般都喜欢知识渊博的人。对处女座的男人来说，美丽的头脑比漂亮的脸蛋重要得多，他们比较难以忍受一个无知又粗心大意的女人。
chǔnǚzuò shì wánměizhǔyì zhě ，tāmen xīnsi xìmì 、gǎnqíng nèiliǎn 、sīlù qīngxī 。chǔnǚzuò de rén ，yībān dōu xǐhuan zhīshi yuānbó de rén 。duì chǔnǚzuò de nánrén láishuō ，měilì de tóunǎo bǐ piàoliang de liǎndàn zhòngyào de duō ，tāmen bǐjiào nányǐ rěnshòu yī gè wúzhī yòu cūxīndàyì de nǚrén 。
Virgos are perfectionists. They very meticulous and introverted with a clear train of thought. People who are Virgos usually like highly educated people. Concerning men who are Virgos, a beautiful mind is much more important than a pretty face. They find it difficult to put up with ignorant and careless women.
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是不用，但每个人都有义务服兵役。如果国家要你你就必须去。但我可是主动要求的。“参军报国，无上光荣”，当年哥们儿我就是冲着这金灿灿的标语，头脑一热，就填了参军表格。
shì bùyòng ，dàn měi ge rén dōu yǒu yìwu fú bīngyì 。rúguǒ guójiā yào nǐ nǐ jiù bìxū qù 。dàn wǒ kěshì zhǔdòng yāoqiú de 。“cānjūn bàoguó ，wúshàng guāngróng ”，dāngnián gēmenr wǒ jiùshì chòngzhe zhè jīncàncàn de biāoyǔ ，tóunǎo yī rè ，jiù tián le cānjūn biǎogé 。
It doesn't, but every person has an obligation to serve. If your country needs you, then you have to go. However, I actively enlisted. “There is no greater honor than enlisting in the army to protect one's country.” It was because of that golden slogan during those years that I suddenly had the urge to sign my enlistment papers.
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