栽跟头 (栽跟頭)
zāi gēn tou
Pinyin

Definition

栽跟头 (栽跟頭)
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zāi gēn tou
  1. to fall head over heels
  2. (fig.) to come a cropper

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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)
gāo gēn xié
  1. 1 high-heeled shoes
dào zāi cōng
  1. 1 to fall headlong
  2. 2 (fig.) to suffer an ignominious failure
zāi
  1. 1 to grow
  2. 2 to plant
  3. 3 to insert
  4. 4 to force on sb
  5. 5 to fall head first
zāi dǎo
  1. 1 to take a fall

Idioms (2)

前人栽树,后人乘凉
qián rén zāi shù , hòu rén chéng liáng
  1. 1 to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom)
好男不跟女斗
hǎo nán bù gēn nǚ dòu
  1. 1 a real man doesn't fight with womenfolk (idiom)