两头 (兩頭) liǎng tóu
liǎng tóu
set phrase
both ends; both parties to a deal
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '兩頭')
Contained in
- 两头三面(兩頭三面) two heads, three faces; complex scheming
- 话分两头(話分兩頭) discussion from one topic to another
- 两头儿(兩頭兒) both ends; both parties to a deal
- 三天两头(三天兩頭) twice every three days; practically every day; frequently
- 蜡烛两头烧(蠟燭兩頭燒) to burn the candle at both ends; to labor under a double burden
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- 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: 8
- 卷三十四 志第二十四 五行五 Volume 34 Treatises 24: Five Elements 5 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 6
- 第四十九回 Chapter 49 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 4
- 卷八 孝靈帝紀 Volume 8: Annals of Emperor Xiaoling Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 4
- 卷二十八 志第四 五行一 Volume 28 Treatises 4: Five Elements 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 4
- 卷三十 志第六 五行三 Volume 30 Treatises 6: Five Elements 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 4
- 第七十一回 Chapter 71 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 3
- 第二十三回 Chapter 23 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
- 卷九十二 志第六十八 兵四 Volume 92 Treatises 68: Military 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 2
- 第三十四回 Chapter 34 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
Collocations
- 两头蛇 (兩頭蛇) 今日吾見兩頭蛇 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 6 — count: 18
- 两头四 (兩頭四) 兩頭四臂 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷八 孝靈帝紀 Volume 8: Annals of Emperor Xiaoling — count: 7
- 两头作 (兩頭作) 平乘舫皆平兩頭作露平形 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷十八 志第八 禮五 Volume 18 Treatises 8: Rituals 5 — count: 4
- 两头八 (兩頭八) 兩頭八足 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷二十九 志第十九 五行下 Volume 29 Treatises 19: Five Elements Part Three — count: 4
- 两头一 (兩頭一) 把耳兩頭一擺 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第二十回 Chapter 20 — count: 3
- 两头黄牛 (兩頭黃牛) 且說山寨裏宰了兩頭黃牛 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第十九回 Chapter 19 — count: 3
- 生两头 (生兩頭) 厥妖人生兩頭 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十七下之上 五行志 Volume 27d: Treatise on the Five Elements 4 — count: 3
- 两头施 (兩頭施) 兩頭施刃 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷八 魏書八 二公孫陶四張傳 Volume 8: Book of Wei 8 - Biographies of the two Gongsuns, Tao, and the four Zhangs — count: 3
- 见两头 (見兩頭) 今日吾見兩頭蛇 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 6 — count: 2
- 两头筑城 (兩頭築城) 其兩頭築城 — Book of Chen 陳書, 卷三十一 列傳第二十五: 蕭摩訶 任忠 樊毅 魯廣達 Volume 31: Xiao Mohe; Ren Zhong; Fan Yi; Lu Guangda — count: 2