"無頭無尾" meaning in Chinese

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "无头无尾",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "無頭無尾",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "no head, no tail",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yǒutóuyǒuwěi",
      "word": "有頭有尾"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yǒutóuyǒuwěi",
      "word": "有头有尾"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yǒutóuwúwěi",
      "word": "有頭無尾"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yǒutóuwúwěi",
      "word": "有头无尾"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yǒushǐwúzhōng",
      "word": "有始無終"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yǒushǐwúzhōng",
      "word": "有始无终"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "hǔtóushéwěi",
      "word": "虎頭蛇尾"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "hǔtóushéwěi",
      "word": "虎头蛇尾"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "95 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to have no clue of the reason or cause; to be unclear; to be incomprehensible; to be nonsensical"
      ],
      "id": "en-無頭無尾-zh-phrase-GzDJwFzU",
      "links": [
        [
          "clue",
          "clue"
        ],
        [
          "reason",
          "reason"
        ],
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ],
        [
          "unclear",
          "unclear"
        ],
        [
          "incomprehensible",
          "incomprehensible"
        ],
        [
          "nonsensical",
          "nonsensical"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, of a matter) to have no clue of the reason or cause; to be unclear; to be incomprehensible; to be nonsensical"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a matter"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be chaotic; to be messy; to be all over the place; to be ill-composed"
      ],
      "id": "en-無頭無尾-zh-phrase-dgt0hxBI",
      "links": [
        [
          "chaotic",
          "chaotic"
        ],
        [
          "messy",
          "messy"
        ],
        [
          "all over the place",
          "all over the place"
        ],
        [
          "ill",
          "ill"
        ],
        [
          "composed",
          "composed"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to be chaotic; to be messy; to be all over the place; to be ill-composed"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "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"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese chengyu",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese idioms",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 尾",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 無",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 頭",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "无头无尾",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "無頭無尾",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "no head, no tail",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "yǒutóuyǒuwěi",
      "word": "有頭有尾"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǒutóuyǒuwěi",
      "word": "有头有尾"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǒutóuwúwěi",
      "word": "有頭無尾"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǒutóuwúwěi",
      "word": "有头无尾"
    },
    {
      "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"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to have no clue of the reason or cause; to be unclear; to be incomprehensible; to be nonsensical"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clue",
          "clue"
        ],
        [
          "reason",
          "reason"
        ],
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ],
        [
          "unclear",
          "unclear"
        ],
        [
          "incomprehensible",
          "incomprehensible"
        ],
        [
          "nonsensical",
          "nonsensical"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, of a matter) to have no clue of the reason or cause; to be unclear; to be incomprehensible; to be nonsensical"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a matter"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be chaotic; to be messy; to be all over the place; to be ill-composed"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chaotic",
          "chaotic"
        ],
        [
          "messy",
          "messy"
        ],
        [
          "all over the place",
          "all over the place"
        ],
        [
          "ill",
          "ill"
        ],
        [
          "composed",
          "composed"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to be chaotic; to be messy; to be all over the place; to be ill-composed"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "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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