"有頭無尾" meaning in All languages combined

See 有頭無尾 on Wiktionary

Phrase [Chinese]

IPA: /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ u³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /jɐu̯¹³ tʰɐu̯²¹ mou̯²¹ mei̯¹³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /u³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³⁻³³ bɤ²³⁻³³ be⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /u³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ bo²⁴⁻¹¹ be⁵³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /u²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴⁻²² bo²⁴⁻²² be⁵³/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ u³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /jɐu̯¹³ tʰɐu̯²¹ mou̯²¹ mei̯¹³/, /u³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³⁻³³ bɤ²³⁻³³ be⁴¹/, /u³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ bo²⁴⁻¹¹ be⁵³/, /u²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴⁻²² bo²⁴⁻²² be⁵³/ Chinese transliterations: yǒutóuwúwěi [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄧㄡˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], jau⁵ tau⁴ mou⁴ mei⁵ [Cantonese, Jyutping], ū-thâu bô-bé, yǒutóuwúwěi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], yǒutóuwúwěi [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], yu³-tʻou²-wu²-wei³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], yǒu-tóu-wú-wěi [Mandarin, Yale], yeoutourwuwoei [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], ютоуувэй [Mandarin, Palladius], jutouuvɛj [Mandarin, Palladius], yáuh tàuh mòuh méih [Cantonese, Yale], jau⁵ tau⁴ mou⁴ mei⁵ [Cantonese, Pinyin], yeo⁵ teo⁴ mou⁴ méi⁵ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ū-thâu bô-bé [Hokkien, POJ], ū-thâu bô-bé [Hokkien, Tai-lo], uxtaau boi'bea [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun] Forms: 有头无尾
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 有頭無尾
  1. to have a beginning but not an end; to fail to carry things through; to leave something unfinished; to have begun but not well-ended; to not have spoken or done something to the point Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: 有始無終/有始无终 (yǒushǐwúzhōng), 虎頭蛇尾/虎头蛇尾 (hǔtóushéwěi), 有始無終 (yǒushǐwúzhōng), 有始无终 (yǒushǐwúzhōng), 虎頭蛇尾 (hǔtóushéwěi), 虎头蛇尾 (hǔtóushéwěi)
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "wútóuwúwěi",
      "word": "無頭無尾"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wútóuwúwěi",
      "word": "无头无尾"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǒutóuyǒuwěi",
      "word": "有頭有尾"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǒutóuyǒuwěi",
      "word": "有头有尾"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǒushǐyǒuzhōng",
      "word": "有始有終"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǒushǐyǒuzhōng",
      "word": "有始有终"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "有头无尾",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "有頭無尾",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "there is a head, but no tail",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hokkien chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to have a beginning but not an end; to fail to carry things through; to leave something unfinished; to have begun but not well-ended; to not have spoken or done something to the point"
      ],
      "id": "en-有頭無尾-zh-phrase-XfoaXdNZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "beginning",
          "beginning"
        ],
        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ],
        [
          "fail",
          "fail"
        ],
        [
          "carry",
          "carry"
        ],
        [
          "through",
          "through"
        ],
        [
          "leave",
          "leave"
        ],
        [
          "unfinished",
          "unfinished"
        ],
        [
          "begun",
          "begun"
        ],
        [
          "well",
          "well"
        ],
        [
          "ended",
          "ended"
        ],
        [
          "to the point",
          "to the point"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "yǒushǐwúzhōng",
          "word": "有始無終/有始无终"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hǔtóushéwěi",
          "word": "虎頭蛇尾/虎头蛇尾"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yǒushǐwúzhōng",
          "word": "有始無終"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yǒushǐwúzhōng",
          "word": "有始无终"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hǔtóushéwěi",
          "word": "虎頭蛇尾"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hǔtóushéwěi",
          "word": "虎头蛇尾"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǒutóuwúwěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄡˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jau⁵ tau⁴ mou⁴ mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "ū-thâu bô-bé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǒutóuwúwěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǒutóuwúwěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yu³-tʻou²-wu²-wei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǒu-tóu-wú-wěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeoutourwuwoei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ютоуувэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jutouuvɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ u³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yáuh tàuh mòuh méih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jau⁵ tau⁴ mou⁴ mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeo⁵ teo⁴ mou⁴ méi⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐu̯¹³ tʰɐu̯²¹ mou̯²¹ mei̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ū-thâu bô-bé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ū-thâu bô-bé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "uxtaau boi'bea"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³⁻³³ bɤ²³⁻³³ be⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ bo²⁴⁻¹¹ be⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴⁻²² bo²⁴⁻²² be⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ u³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐu̯¹³ tʰɐu̯²¹ mou̯²¹ mei̯¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³⁻³³ bɤ²³⁻³³ be⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ bo²⁴⁻¹¹ be⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴⁻²² bo²⁴⁻²² be⁵³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "有頭無尾"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "wútóuwúwěi",
      "word": "無頭無尾"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wútóuwúwěi",
      "word": "无头无尾"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǒutóuyǒuwěi",
      "word": "有頭有尾"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǒutóuyǒuwěi",
      "word": "有头有尾"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǒushǐyǒuzhōng",
      "word": "有始有終"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǒushǐyǒuzhōng",
      "word": "有始有终"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "有头无尾",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "有頭無尾",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "there is a head, but no tail",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 尾",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 有",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 無",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 頭",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hokkien chengyu",
        "Hokkien idioms",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to have a beginning but not an end; to fail to carry things through; to leave something unfinished; to have begun but not well-ended; to not have spoken or done something to the point"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beginning",
          "beginning"
        ],
        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ],
        [
          "fail",
          "fail"
        ],
        [
          "carry",
          "carry"
        ],
        [
          "through",
          "through"
        ],
        [
          "leave",
          "leave"
        ],
        [
          "unfinished",
          "unfinished"
        ],
        [
          "begun",
          "begun"
        ],
        [
          "well",
          "well"
        ],
        [
          "ended",
          "ended"
        ],
        [
          "to the point",
          "to the point"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǒutóuwúwěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄡˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jau⁵ tau⁴ mou⁴ mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "ū-thâu bô-bé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǒutóuwúwěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǒutóuwúwěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yu³-tʻou²-wu²-wei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǒu-tóu-wú-wěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeoutourwuwoei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ютоуувэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jutouuvɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ u³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yáuh tàuh mòuh méih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jau⁵ tau⁴ mou⁴ mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeo⁵ teo⁴ mou⁴ méi⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐu̯¹³ tʰɐu̯²¹ mou̯²¹ mei̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ū-thâu bô-bé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ū-thâu bô-bé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "uxtaau boi'bea"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³⁻³³ bɤ²³⁻³³ be⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ bo²⁴⁻¹¹ be⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴⁻²² bo²⁴⁻²² be⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ u³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐu̯¹³ tʰɐu̯²¹ mou̯²¹ mei̯¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³⁻³³ bɤ²³⁻³³ be⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ bo²⁴⁻¹¹ be⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴⁻²² bo²⁴⁻²² be⁵³/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "yǒushǐwúzhōng",
      "word": "有始無終/有始无终"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hǔtóushéwěi",
      "word": "虎頭蛇尾/虎头蛇尾"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǒushǐwúzhōng",
      "word": "有始無終"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǒushǐwúzhōng",
      "word": "有始无终"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hǔtóushéwěi",
      "word": "虎頭蛇尾"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hǔtóushéwěi",
      "word": "虎头蛇尾"
    }
  ],
  "word": "有頭無尾"
}

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