"無頭無尾" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [Chinese]

IPA: /u³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ u³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /mou̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ mou̯²¹ mei̯¹³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /bo²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²² bo²⁴⁻²² be⁵³/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /bo²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ bo²⁴⁻²¹ be⁴²/ [Hokkien, Singapore], /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ bo²⁴⁻¹¹ be⁵³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /bɤ²³⁻³³ tʰau²³⁻³³ bɤ²³⁻³³ bue⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /bo²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ bo²⁴⁻²¹ bue⁴²/ [Hokkien, Singapore], /bo²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ bo²⁴⁻²¹ bə⁴²/ [Hokkien, Singapore], /u³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ u³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /mou̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ mou̯²¹ mei̯¹³/, /bo²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²² bo²⁴⁻²² be⁵³/, /bo²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ bo²⁴⁻²¹ be⁴²/, /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ bo²⁴⁻¹¹ be⁵³/, /bɤ²³⁻³³ tʰau²³⁻³³ bɤ²³⁻³³ bue⁴¹/, /bo²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ bo²⁴⁻²¹ bue⁴²/, /bo²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ bo²⁴⁻²¹ bə⁴²/ Chinese transliterations: wútóuwúwěi [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], mou⁴ tau⁴ mou⁴ mei⁵ [Cantonese, Jyutping], bô-thâu-bô-bé, bô-thâu-bô-bóe, bô-thâu-bô-bér, wútóuwúwěi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], wútóuwúwěi [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], wu²-tʻou²-wu²-wei³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], wú-tóu-wú-wěi [Mandarin, Yale], wutourwuwoei [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], утоуувэй [Mandarin, Palladius], utouuvɛj [Mandarin, Palladius], mòuh tàuh mòuh méih [Cantonese, Yale], mou⁴ tau⁴ mou⁴ mei⁵ [Cantonese, Pinyin], mou⁴ teo⁴ mou⁴ méi⁵ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], bô-thâu-bô-bé [Hokkien, POJ], bô-thâu-bô-bé [Hokkien, Tai-lo], boi'tau'boi'bea [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], bô-thâu-bô-bóe [Hokkien, POJ], bô-thâu-bô-bué [Hokkien, Tai-lo], boi'tau'boi'boea [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], bô-thâu-bô-bér [Hokkien, POJ], bô-thâu-bô-bér [Hokkien, Tai-lo]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 無頭無尾
  1. (figurative, of a matter) to have no clue of the reason or cause; to be unclear; to be incomprehensible; to be nonsensical Tags: figuratively, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-無頭無尾-zh-phrase-GzDJwFzU Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 95 5
  2. (figurative) to be chaotic; to be messy; to be all over the place; to be ill-composed Tags: figuratively, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-無頭無尾-zh-phrase-dgt0hxBI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 有頭有尾 (yǒutóuyǒuwěi), 有头有尾 (yǒutóuyǒuwěi), 有頭無尾 (yǒutóuwúwěi), 有头无尾 (yǒutóuwúwěi), 有始無終 (yǒushǐwúzhōng), 有始无终 (yǒushǐwúzhōng), 虎頭蛇尾 (hǔtóushéwěi), 虎头蛇尾 (hǔtóushéwěi)

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        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ tau⁴ mou⁴ mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bô-thâu-bô-bé"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bô-thâu-bô-bóe"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bô-thâu-bô-bér"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wútóuwúwěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wútóuwúwěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wu²-tʻou²-wu²-wei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wú-tóu-wú-wěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wutourwuwoei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "утоуувэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "utouuvɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ u³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mòuh tàuh mòuh méih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ tau⁴ mou⁴ mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ teo⁴ mou⁴ méi⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ mou̯²¹ mei̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bô-thâu-bô-bé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bô-thâu-bô-bé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "boi'tau'boi'bea"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²² bo²⁴⁻²² be⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ bo²⁴⁻²¹ be⁴²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ bo²⁴⁻¹¹ be⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bô-thâu-bô-bóe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bô-thâu-bô-bué"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "boi'tau'boi'boea"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɤ²³⁻³³ tʰau²³⁻³³ bɤ²³⁻³³ bue⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ bo²⁴⁻²¹ bue⁴²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bô-thâu-bô-bér"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bô-thâu-bô-bér"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ bo²⁴⁻²¹ bə⁴²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/ bô-thâu-bô-bóe /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ u³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ mou̯²¹ mei̯¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²² bo²⁴⁻²² be⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ bo²⁴⁻²¹ be⁴²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ bo²⁴⁻¹¹ be⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɤ²³⁻³³ tʰau²³⁻³³ bɤ²³⁻³³ bue⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ bo²⁴⁻²¹ bue⁴²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ bo²⁴⁻²¹ bə⁴²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "無頭無尾"
}
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      "roman": "yǒutóuyǒuwěi",
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    {
      "roman": "yǒutóuyǒuwěi",
      "word": "有头有尾"
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    {
      "roman": "yǒutóuwúwěi",
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      "roman": "yǒushǐwúzhōng",
      "word": "有始無終"
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        "to have no clue of the reason or cause; to be unclear; to be incomprehensible; to be nonsensical"
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          "reason",
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        "(figurative, of a matter) to have no clue of the reason or cause; to be unclear; to be incomprehensible; to be nonsensical"
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        "of a matter"
      ],
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        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
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        "to be chaotic; to be messy; to be all over the place; to be ill-composed"
      ],
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          "chaotic",
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          "messy",
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          "all over the place",
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        [
          "ill",
          "ill"
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        [
          "composed",
          "composed"
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        "(figurative) to be chaotic; to be messy; to be all over the place; to be ill-composed"
      ],
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        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wútóuwúwěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ tau⁴ mou⁴ mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bô-thâu-bô-bé"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bô-thâu-bô-bóe"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bô-thâu-bô-bér"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wútóuwúwěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wútóuwúwěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wu²-tʻou²-wu²-wei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wú-tóu-wú-wěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wutourwuwoei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "утоуувэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "utouuvɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ u³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mòuh tàuh mòuh méih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ tau⁴ mou⁴ mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ teo⁴ mou⁴ méi⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ mou̯²¹ mei̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bô-thâu-bô-bé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bô-thâu-bô-bé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "boi'tau'boi'bea"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²² bo²⁴⁻²² be⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ bo²⁴⁻²¹ be⁴²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ bo²⁴⁻¹¹ be⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bô-thâu-bô-bóe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bô-thâu-bô-bué"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "boi'tau'boi'boea"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɤ²³⁻³³ tʰau²³⁻³³ bɤ²³⁻³³ bue⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ bo²⁴⁻²¹ bue⁴²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bô-thâu-bô-bér"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bô-thâu-bô-bér"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ bo²⁴⁻²¹ bə⁴²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/ bô-thâu-bô-bóe /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ u³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ mou̯²¹ mei̯¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²² bo²⁴⁻²² be⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ bo²⁴⁻²¹ be⁴²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ bo²⁴⁻¹¹ be⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɤ²³⁻³³ tʰau²³⁻³³ bɤ²³⁻³³ bue⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ bo²⁴⁻²¹ bue⁴²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ bo²⁴⁻²¹ bə⁴²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "無頭無尾"
}

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