枪打出头鸟
qiāng dǎ chū tóu niǎo
Pinyin

Definition

枪打出头鸟
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qiāng dǎ chū tóu niǎo
  1. the shot hits the bird that pokes its head out (idiom)
  2. nonconformity gets punished

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

付出
fù chū
  1. 1 to pay
  2. 2 to invest (energy or time in a friendship etc)
伸出
shēn chū
  1. 1 to extend
出
chū
  1. 1 to go out
  2. 2 to come out
  3. 3 to occur
  4. 4 to produce
  5. 5 to go beyond
  6. 6 to rise
  7. 7 to put forth
  8. 8 to happen
  9. 9 (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result)
  10. 10 classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
出来
chū lái
  1. 1 to come out
  2. 2 to appear
  3. 3 to arise
出去
chū qù
  1. 1 to go out
出现
chū xiàn
  1. 1 to appear
  2. 2 to arise
  3. 3 to emerge
  4. 4 to show up
出发
chū fā
  1. 1 to set off
  2. 2 to start (on a journey)
出门
chū mén
  1. 1 to go out
  2. 2 to leave home
  3. 3 to go on a journey
  4. 4 away from home
  5. 5 (of a woman) to get married
打
dá
  1. 1 dozen (loanword)
打开
dǎ kāi
  1. 1 to open
  2. 2 to show (a ticket)
  3. 3 to turn on
  4. 4 to switch on
一网打尽
yī wǎng dǎ jìn
  1. 1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
  3. 3 to capture them all in one go
作出
zuò chū
  1. 1 to put out
  2. 2 to come up with
  3. 3 to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc)
  4. 4 to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc)
  5. 5 to draw (conclusion)
  6. 6 to deliver (speech, judgment)
  7. 7 to devise (explanation)
  8. 8 to extract
做出
zuò chū
  1. 1 to put out
  2. 2 to issue
杰出
jié chū
  1. 1 outstanding
  2. 2 distinguished
  3. 3 remarkable
  4. 4 prominent
  5. 5 illustrious
出世
chū shì
  1. 1 to be born
  2. 2 to come into being
  3. 3 to withdraw from worldly affairs
出乎
chū hū
  1. 1 due to
  2. 2 to stem from
  3. 3 to go beyond (also fig. beyond reason, expectations etc)
  4. 4 to go against (expectations)
出乎意料
chū hū yì liào
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出事
chū shì
  1. 1 to have an accident
  2. 2 to meet with a mishap
出人意料
chū rén yì liào
  1. 1 unexpected (idiom)
  2. 2 surprising
出入
chū rù
  1. 1 to go out and come in
  2. 2 entrance and exit
  3. 3 expenditure and income
  4. 4 discrepancy
  5. 5 inconsistent

Idioms (20)

一炮打响
yī pào dǎ xiǎng
  1. 1 to win instant success (idiom)
  2. 2 to start off successfully
一网打尽
yī wǎng dǎ jìn
  1. 1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
  3. 3 to capture them all in one go
一言既出，驷马难追
yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuī
  1. 1 lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
一鼻孔出气
yī bí kǒng chū qì
  1. 1 lit. to breathe through the same nostril (idiom); fig. two people say exactly the same thing (usually derog.)
  2. 2 to sing from the same hymn sheet
三天不打，上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
不打不成器
bù dǎ bù chéng qì
  1. 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
不打不成才
bù dǎ bù chéng cái
  1. 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
不打不成相识
bù dǎ bù chéng xiāng shí
  1. 1 don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
不打不相识
bù dǎ bù xiāng shí
  1. 1 lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
  2. 2 no discord, no concord
干打雷，不下雨
gān dǎ léi , bù xià yǔ
  1. 1 all thunder but no rain (idiom)
  2. 2 a lot of noise but no action
仓皇出逃
cāng huáng chū táo
  1. 1 to run off in a great panic (idiom)
倒打一耙
dào dǎ yī pá
  1. 1 lit. to strike with a muckrake (idiom), cf Pigsy 豬八戒|猪八戒 in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记; fig. to counterattack
  2. 2 to make bogus accusations (against one's victim)
倾巢而出
qīng cháo ér chū
  1. 1 the whole nest came out (idiom); to turn out in full strength
出乎意外
chū hū yì wài
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出乎意料
chū hū yì liào
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出乎预料
chū hū yù liào
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出人意外
chū rén yì wài
  1. 1 turned out other than expected (idiom); unexpected
出人意料
chū rén yì liào
  1. 1 unexpected (idiom)
  2. 2 surprising
出人头地
chū rén tóu dì
  1. 1 to stand out among one's peers (idiom)
  2. 2 to excel
出其不意
chū qí bù yì
  1. 1 to do sth when least expected (idiom); to catch sb off guard

Sample Sentences

枪打出头鸟，你别太出风头，低调一点比较好。
qiāngdǎchūtóuniǎo ，nǐ bié tài chūfēngtou ，dīdiào yìdiǎn bǐjiào hǎo 。
Ostentatious people tend to become easy targets. Stay low-key.
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枪打出头鸟
qiāngdǎchūtóuniǎo
Ostentatious people tend to become easy targets.
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