1 tail

2 remainder

3 remnant

4 extremity

5 sixth of the 28 constellations

6 classifier for fish

1 tail

2 colloquial pr. [yǐ ba]

1 a year-end dinner for employees

1 Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning

2 north Hebei

3 the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕 (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕 (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕 (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕 (409-436)

4 surname Yan

1 swallow

1 lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom); fig. always on the move

1 the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions (idiom)

2 (usually of a couple) to part from each other

1 lit. head in Wu and tail in Chu (idiom); fig. close together

2 head-to-tail

3 one thing starts where the other leaves off

1 lit. would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail (idiom)

2 fig. to prefer to be a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a big pond

1 large tail obstructs action (idiom); bottom heavy

2 fig. rendered ineffective by subordinates