"話頭醒尾" meaning in Chinese

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "话头醒尾",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "話頭醒尾",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "to be told of the beginning and knowing the end",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese Chinese",
          "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": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "able to take a hint; clever; intelligent"
      ],
      "id": "en-話頭醒尾-zh-phrase-izM7KD2s",
      "links": [
        [
          "take a hint",
          "take a hint"
        ],
        [
          "clever",
          "clever"
        ],
        [
          "intelligent",
          "intelligent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cantonese) able to take a hint; clever; intelligent"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waa⁶ tau⁴ sing² mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wah tàuh síng méih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waa⁶ tau⁴ sing² mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wa⁶ teo⁴ xing² méi⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waː²² tʰɐu̯²¹ sɪŋ³⁵ mei̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waː²² tʰɐu̯²¹ sɪŋ³⁵ mei̯¹³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "話頭醒尾"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "话头醒尾",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "話頭醒尾",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "to be told of the beginning and knowing the end",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese Chinese",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 尾",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 話",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 醒",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 頭",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "able to take a hint; clever; intelligent"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "take a hint",
          "take a hint"
        ],
        [
          "clever",
          "clever"
        ],
        [
          "intelligent",
          "intelligent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cantonese) able to take a hint; clever; intelligent"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waa⁶ tau⁴ sing² mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wah tàuh síng méih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waa⁶ tau⁴ sing² mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wa⁶ teo⁴ xing² méi⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waː²² tʰɐu̯²¹ sɪŋ³⁵ mei̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waː²² tʰɐu̯²¹ sɪŋ³⁵ mei̯¹³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "話頭醒尾"
}

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  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "話頭醒尾"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "話頭醒尾",
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}