由头 (由頭) yóutóu

yóutóu noun pretext; excuse; justification; reason
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '由頭')

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 第二回 Chapter 69 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
• 第二回 Chapter 104 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
• 第二回 Chapter 55 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1

Collocations

• 由头来 (由頭來) 必要過兩三個月尋出由頭來 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 55 — count: 2