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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 虎头蛇尾
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 虎头蛇尾 | hǔ tóu shé wěi | - lit. tiger's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 34,023 | 53,345 | 35,785 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 虎 | hǔ | - tiger - CL:隻|只[zhi1] |
| 头 | tóu | - head - hair style - the top - end - beginning or end - a stub - remnant - chief - boss - side - aspect - first - leading - classifier for pigs or livestock - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 头 | tou | - suffix for nouns |
| 蛇 | shé | - snake - serpent - CL:條|条[tiao2] |
| 蛇 | yí | - used in 委蛇[wei1yi2] |
| 蛇 | shé | - variant of 蛇[she2] |
| 尾 | wěi | - tail - remainder - remnant - extremity - sixth of the 28 constellations - classifier for fish |
| 尾 | yǐ | - horse's tail - pointed posterior section of a locust etc |
Other Words Containing 虎头蛇尾
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 虎头蛇尾 | - | - | 34,023 | 53,345 | 35,785 |