See 虎頭蛇尾 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"antonyms": [
{
"roman": "yǒushǐyǒuzhōng",
"word": "有始有終"
},
{
"roman": "yǒushǐyǒuzhōng",
"word": "有始有终"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "虎头蛇尾",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "虎頭蛇尾",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "tiger's head, but snake's 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": "Mandarin chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to start off strong, but finish weak; to be inconsistent with one's effort"
],
"id": "en-虎頭蛇尾-zh-phrase-J-kd57R4",
"links": [
[
"start off",
"start off"
],
[
"finish",
"finish"
],
[
"inconsistent",
"inconsistent"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan"
],
"word": "虎頭鳥鼠尾"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan"
],
"word": "虎头鸟鼠尾"
},
{
"word": "有頭無尾"
},
{
"word": "有头无尾"
},
{
"tags": [
"Teochew"
],
"word": "虎頭鐵釘尾"
},
{
"tags": [
"Teochew"
],
"word": "虎头铁钉尾"
},
{
"roman": "jau5 tau4 wai1, mou5 mei5 zan6",
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "有頭威，冇尾陣 / 有头威，冇尾阵"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "hǔtóushéwěi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄏㄨˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄜˊ ㄨㄟˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "fu² tau⁴ se⁴ mei⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "hǔtóushéwěi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "hǔtóushéwěi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "hu³-tʻou²-shê²-wei³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "hǔ-tóu-shé-wěi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "huutoursherwoei"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "хутоушэвэй"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "xutoušɛvɛj"
},
{
"ipa": "/xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "fú tàuh sèh méih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "fu² tau⁴ se⁴ mei⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "fu² teo⁴ sé⁴ méi⁵"
},
{
"ipa": "/fuː³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ sɛː²¹ mei̯¹³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/fuː³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ sɛː²¹ mei̯¹³/"
}
],
"word": "虎頭蛇尾"
}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"roman": "yǒushǐyǒuzhōng",
"word": "有始有終"
},
{
"roman": "yǒushǐyǒuzhōng",
"word": "有始有终"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "虎头蛇尾",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "虎頭蛇尾",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "tiger's head, but snake's 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 虎",
"Chinese terms spelled with 蛇",
"Chinese terms spelled with 頭",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"to start off strong, but finish weak; to be inconsistent with one's effort"
],
"links": [
[
"start off",
"start off"
],
[
"finish",
"finish"
],
[
"inconsistent",
"inconsistent"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "hǔtóushéwěi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄏㄨˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄜˊ ㄨㄟˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "fu² tau⁴ se⁴ mei⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "hǔtóushéwěi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "hǔtóushéwěi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "hu³-tʻou²-shê²-wei³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "hǔ-tóu-shé-wěi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "huutoursherwoei"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "хутоушэвэй"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "xutoušɛvɛj"
},
{
"ipa": "/xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "fú tàuh sèh méih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "fu² tau⁴ se⁴ mei⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "fu² teo⁴ sé⁴ méi⁵"
},
{
"ipa": "/fuː³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ sɛː²¹ mei̯¹³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/fuː³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ sɛː²¹ mei̯¹³/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan"
],
"word": "虎頭鳥鼠尾"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan"
],
"word": "虎头鸟鼠尾"
},
{
"word": "有頭無尾"
},
{
"word": "有头无尾"
},
{
"tags": [
"Teochew"
],
"word": "虎頭鐵釘尾"
},
{
"tags": [
"Teochew"
],
"word": "虎头铁钉尾"
},
{
"roman": "jau5 tau4 wai1, mou5 mei5 zan6",
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "有頭威，冇尾陣 / 有头威，冇尾阵"
}
],
"word": "虎頭蛇尾"
}
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