没头没脸 (沒頭沒臉)
méi tóu méi liǎn
Pinyin

Definition

没头没脸 (沒頭沒臉)
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méi tóu méi liǎn
  1. lit. without head, without face (idiom)
  2. fig. frenzily
  3. haphazardly

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

méi
  1. 1 (negative prefix for verbs)
  2. 2 have not
  3. 3 not
méi yǒu
  1. 1 haven't
  2. 2 hasn't
  3. 3 doesn't exist
  4. 4 to not have
  5. 5 to not be
liǎn
  1. 1 face
  2. 2 classifier: 张 zhāng
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
tóu
  1. 1 head
  2. 2 hair style
  3. 3 the top
  4. 4 end
  5. 5 beginning or end
  6. 6 a stub
  7. 7 remnant
  8. 8 chief
  9. 9 boss
  10. 10 side
  11. 11 aspect
  12. 12 first
  13. 13 leading
  14. 14 classifier for pigs or livestock
  15. 15 classifier: 个 gè
tóu fa
  1. 1 hair (on the head)

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
三个和尚没水喝
sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē
  1. 1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
  3. 3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
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)