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徹頭徹尾

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See also: 彻头彻尾

Chinese

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pervade; penetrate; pass through
pervade; penetrate; pass through; thorough; penetrating
 
head; (noun suffix)
pervade; penetrate; pass through
pervade; penetrate; pass through; thorough; penetrating
 
tail
trad. (徹頭徹尾)
simp. (彻头彻尾)

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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徹頭徹尾

  1. thoroughgoing; through and through

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
てつ > てっ
Grade: S
とう
Grade: 2
てつ
Grade: S

Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) っとーてつび [tèttóótéꜜtsùbì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [te̞t̚to̞ːte̞t͡sɨbʲi]

Adverb

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(てっ)(とう)(てつ)() (tettōtetsubi

  1. thoroughly, right down the line

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Adverb

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徹頭徹尾 (cheolducheolmi) (hangeul 철두철미)

  1. hanja form? of 철두철미 (thoroughly)