出头 (出頭) chūtóu
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chūtóu
verb
to get out of a predicament
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '出頭'; Guoyu '出頭' 1) -
chūtóu
verb
to take the initiative
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '出頭'; Guoyu '出頭' 2) -
chūtóu
noun
remainder after division
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '出頭'; Guoyu '出頭' 3)
Contained in
- 出头鸟(出頭鳥) to stand out (among a group); distinguished
- 枪打出头鸟(槍打出頭鳥) the shot hits the bird that pokes its head out; nonconformity gets punished
- 熬出头(熬出頭) to break clear of all the troubles and hardships; to achieve success; to make it
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
- 第八十六回 Chapter 86 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 100 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
- 第三十二回 Chapter 32 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
- 第四十九回 Chapter 49 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 77 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 卷二十九 志第十九 五行下 Volume 29 Treatises 19: Five Elements Part Three Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 55 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第二十八回 Chapter 28 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
- 《卷四‧㗊部》 Scroll 4, Jī Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 1
Collocations
- 不敢出头 (不敢出頭) 不敢出頭頑耍 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第二十八回 Chapter 28 — count: 5
- 不肯出头 (不肯出頭) 便不肯出頭 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第三十二回 Chapter 32 — count: 3
- 敢出头 (敢出頭) 方敢出頭 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第三十一回 Chapter 31 — count: 3
- 出头来 (出頭來) 卻纔鑽出頭來 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第七十三回 Chapter 73 — count: 3
- 钻出头 (鑽出頭) 卻纔鑽出頭來 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第七十三回 Chapter 73 — count: 3
- 鱼出头 (魚出頭) 淫魚出頭於水而聽之 — Wenxuan 文選, 卷十八 Scroll 18 — count: 3
- 出头露面 (出頭露面) 段三娘從小出頭露面 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第一百四回 Chapter 104 — count: 3
- 后门出头 (後門出頭) 定有個後門出頭 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第六十七回 Chapter 67 — count: 2