See 虎頭蛇尾 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"antonyms": [
{
"roman": "yǒushǐyǒuzhōng",
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"word": "有始有終"
},
{
"roman": "yǒushǐyǒuzhōng",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"word": "有始有终"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "官話成語",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "官話詞元",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "帶「尾」的漢語詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "帶「虎」的漢語詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "帶「蛇」的漢語詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "帶「頭」的漢語詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "有詞條的頁面",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "漢語成語",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "漢語詞元",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "粵語成語",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "粵語詞元",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "虎头蛇尾",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"lang": "漢語",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "老虎的頭，蛇的尾巴",
"pos": "phrase",
"pos_title": "成語",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"比喻做事有始無終"
],
"id": "zh-虎頭蛇尾-zh-phrase-cbNKYGdw"
}
],
"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": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "hǔtóushéwěi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄏㄨˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄜˊ ㄨㄟˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "hǔtóushéwěi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade–Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "hu³-tʻou²-shê²-wei³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "hǔ-tóu-shé-wěi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "huutoursherwoei"
},
{
"roman": "xutoušɛvɛj",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Cyrillic"
],
"zh_pron": "хутоушэвэй"
},
{
"ipa": "/xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "fu² tau⁴ se⁴ mei⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Yale",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "fú tàuh sèh méih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "fu² tau⁴ se⁴ mei⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "fu² teo⁴ sé⁴ méi⁵"
},
{
"ipa": "/fuː³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ sɛː²¹ mei̯¹³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan"
],
"word": "虎頭鳥鼠尾"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan"
],
"word": "虎头鸟鼠尾"
},
{
"tags": [
"Teochew"
],
"word": "虎頭鐵釘尾"
},
{
"tags": [
"Teochew"
],
"word": "虎头铁钉尾"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "有頭威，冇尾陣"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "有头威，冇尾阵"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "虎頭蛇尾"
}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"roman": "yǒushǐyǒuzhōng",
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"word": "有始有終"
},
{
"roman": "yǒushǐyǒuzhōng",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"word": "有始有终"
}
],
"categories": [
"官話成語",
"官話詞元",
"帶「尾」的漢語詞",
"帶「虎」的漢語詞",
"帶「蛇」的漢語詞",
"帶「頭」的漢語詞",
"有1個詞條的頁面",
"有國際音標的漢語詞",
"有詞條的頁面",
"漢語成語",
"漢語詞元",
"粵語成語",
"粵語詞元"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "虎头蛇尾",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"lang": "漢語",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "老虎的頭，蛇的尾巴",
"pos": "phrase",
"pos_title": "成語",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"比喻做事有始無終"
]
}
],
"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": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "hǔtóushéwěi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄏㄨˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄜˊ ㄨㄟˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "hǔtóushéwěi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade–Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "hu³-tʻou²-shê²-wei³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "hǔ-tóu-shé-wěi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "huutoursherwoei"
},
{
"roman": "xutoušɛvɛj",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Cyrillic"
],
"zh_pron": "хутоушэвэй"
},
{
"ipa": "/xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "fu² tau⁴ se⁴ mei⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Yale",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "fú tàuh sèh méih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "fu² tau⁴ se⁴ mei⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "fu² teo⁴ sé⁴ méi⁵"
},
{
"ipa": "/fuː³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ sɛː²¹ mei̯¹³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan"
],
"word": "虎頭鳥鼠尾"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan"
],
"word": "虎头鸟鼠尾"
},
{
"tags": [
"Teochew"
],
"word": "虎頭鐵釘尾"
},
{
"tags": [
"Teochew"
],
"word": "虎头铁钉尾"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "有頭威，冇尾陣"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "有头威，冇尾阵"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "虎頭蛇尾"
}
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