摔跟头
shuāi gēn tou
Pinyin

Definition

摔跟头
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shuāi gēn tou
  1. to fall
  2. fig. to suffer a setback

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

跟
gēn
  1. 1 heel
  2. 2 to follow closely
  3. 3 to go with
  4. 4 (of a woman) to marry sb
  5. 5 with
  6. 6 compared with
  7. 7 to
  8. 8 towards
  9. 9 and (joining two nouns)
摔
shuāi
  1. 1 to throw down
  2. 2 to fall
  3. 3 to drop and break
高跟鞋
gāo gēn xié
  1. 1 high-heeled shoes
假摔
jiǎ shuāi
  1. 1 (soccer) diving
  2. 2 simulation
  3. 3 flopping
摔交
shuāi jiāo
  1. 1 variant of 摔跤[shuāi jiāo]
摔倒
shuāi dǎo
  1. 1 to fall down
  2. 2 to slip and fall
  3. 3 to throw sb to the ground
摔伤
shuāi shāng
  1. 1 to injure oneself in a fall
摔坏
shuāi huài
  1. 1 to drop and break
摔打
shuāi da
  1. 1 to knock
  2. 2 to grasp sth in the hand and beat it
  3. 3 to toughen oneself up
摔断
shuāi duàn
  1. 1 to fall and break
  2. 2 to break (bones) by falling
摔死
shuāi sǐ
  1. 1 to fall to one's death
摔破
shuāi pò
  1. 1 to fall and smash into pieces
摔角
shuāi jiǎo
  1. 1 to wrestle
  2. 2 wrestling
摔跤
shuāi jiāo
  1. 1 to trip and fall
  2. 2 to wrestle
  3. 3 wrestling (sports)
栽跟头
zāi gēn tou
  1. 1 to fall head over heels
  2. 2 (fig.) to come a cropper
破罐破摔
pò guàn pò shuāi
  1. 1 lit. to smash a cracked pot (idiom); crazy despair in the face of a blemish, defect, error or setback
站稳脚跟
zhàn wěn jiǎo gēn
  1. 1 to stand firmly
  2. 2 to gain a foothold
  3. 3 to establish oneself
紧跟
jǐn gēn
  1. 1 to follow precisely
  2. 2 to comply with
翻跟斗
fān gēn dǒu
  1. 1 to turn a somersault
翻跟头
fān gēn tou
  1. 1 to turn a somersault

Idioms (2)

好男不跟女斗
hǎo nán bù gēn nu:3 dòu
  1. 1 a real man doesn't fight with womenfolk (idiom)
破罐破摔
pò guàn pò shuāi
  1. 1 lit. to smash a cracked pot (idiom); crazy despair in the face of a blemish, defect, error or setback

Sample Sentences

客官，您已经喝了十八碗了，小心别摔跟头。
kèguān ，nín yǐjīng hē le shí bā wǎn le ，xiǎoxīn bié shuāi gēntou 。
Sir, you've already drunk eighteen bowls. Careful you don't fall trip and fall!
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