吃回頭草
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Chinese
[edit]eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer |
to turn round; to turn one's head back; to repent | grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty | ||
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trad. (吃回頭草) | 吃 | 回頭 | 草 | |
simp. (吃回头草) | 吃 | 回头 | 草 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄘㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chih huéitóucǎo
- Wade–Giles: chʻih1 hui2-tʻou2-tsʻao3
- Yale: chr̄ hwéi-tóu-tsǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy hweitourtsao
- Palladius: чи хуэйтоуцао (či xuejtoucao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Verb
[edit]吃回頭草
- (figurative, idiomatic) to dwell on past actions; to backtrack