尾巴 wěiba
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wěiba
noun
tail
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '尾巴'; Guoyu '尾巴' 1) -
wěiba
noun
a follower
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '尾巴' 2) -
wěiba
noun
unfinished business
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '尾巴' 3)
Contained in
- 翘尾巴(翹尾巴) to be cocky
- 狐狸尾巴 fox's tail; visible sign of evil intentions; to reveal one's evil nature
- 狗子夹尾巴(狗子夾尾巴) a dog with its tail between its legs
- 老鼠尾巴 rat's tail; a follower of inferior stature
- 猪尾巴(豬尾巴) pig's tail (meat)
- 留尾巴 to leave loose ends; to leave matters unresolved
- 夹起尾巴(夾起尾巴) to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to back down; in a humiliating situation
- 拖尾巴 to obstruct; to be a drag on somebody; to delay finishing off a job
- 夹尾巴(夾尾巴) to have one's tail between one's legs
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第六十七回 Chapter 67 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
- 第六回 Chapter 6 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
- 第七十四回 Chapter 74 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
- 第七十三回 Chapter 73 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 117 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 50 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第七十五回 Chapter 75 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
- 第三十四回 Chapter 34 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 101 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第二十七回 Chapter 27 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 1
Collocations
- 尾巴梢 (尾巴梢) 將尾巴梢兒的小毫毛拔下一根 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第七十四回 Chapter 74 — count: 2