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tail / colloquial pr. [yi3 ba5]
HSK 4
to follow sb's tracks / to tail / to shadow / tracking
HSK 7-9
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  *尾* | 尾* | *尾
tail / remainder / remnant / extremity / sixth of the 28 constellations / classifier for fish
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  *尾* | 尾* | *尾
horse's tail / pointed posterior section of a locust etc
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  *巴* | 巴* | *巴
to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士 / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴, tail
hem of a skirt / shirt tail
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  *翎* | 翎* | *翎
tail feathers / plume
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  *翟* | 翟* | *翟
long-tail pheasant
back part; rear section; tail section
lit. fox's tail (idiom); visible sign of evil intentions / to reveal one's evil nature / evidence that reveals the villain
lit. to beat the return drum (idiom) / fig. to give up / to turn tail
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  *罡* | 罡* | *罡
stars of the Big Dipper that constitute the tail of the dipper
head and tail
mining waste / waste remaining after processing ore / tailings
lit. tail wind / Bon voyage!
lit. to behave like a dog wagging its tail, seeking its master's affection (idiom) / fig. to fawn on sb / to bow and scrape / to grovel
(a peacock) spreads its tail
ponytail (hairstyle) / horse's tail / slender fibers like horse's tail (applies to various plants)
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  *纣* | 纣* | *纣
crupper (harness strap running over a horse's hindquarters and under its tail)
lit. from head to tail (idiom); thoroughgoing / through and through / out and out / from top to bottom
mythical animal that brings luck and wards off evil, having head of a dragon and lion's body, often with hoofs, wings and tail / also written 辟邪 / fig. valiant soldier
nine-tailed fox (mythological creature)
afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom); ever fearful and nervous / afraid of the slightest thing
dull gray / gloomy / dejected / crestfallen / with one's tail between one's legs
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  *髾* | 髾* | *髾
tail of a comet / long hair
lit. tiger's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish
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  *隹* | 隹* | *隹
short-tailed bird
to return without any achievement (idiom); to go home with one's tail between one's legs
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  *旄* | 旄* | *旄
banner decorated with animal's tail
to follow sb / to tail / to shadow
tail or caudal fin
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  *蕰* | 蕰* | *蕰
hippuris or mare's tail
to tail behind / to tag along / to follow on the heels of
to hide the head and show the tail (idiom); to give a partial account / half-truths
to nod one's head and wag one's tail (idiom) / to be well pleased with oneself / to have a lighthearted air
lit. to use a dog's tail as a substitute for sable fur (idiom) / fig. a worthless sequel to a masterpiece
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  *鹖* | 鹖* | *鹖
crossbill / long-tailed pheasant
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  *亃* | 亃* | *亃
mythical animal, said to have yellow body and white tail
large tail obstructs action (idiom); bottom heavy / fig. rendered ineffective by subordinates
from start to finish / from head to tail / the whole (thing)
tailed larva / Cercaria (microscopic larva of parasitic Miracidium flatworm)
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  *鼫* | 鼫* | *鼫
long-tailed marmot
peacock feathers on an official's hat displaying his rank (traditional) / pheasant tail feathers on warriors' helmets (opera)
(zoology) (of a lizard etc) to shed its tail; to autotomize its tail / (animal husbandry) to cut the tail short; to dock the tail
swallow-tailed coat / tails
tail feathers
(Tw) to tail (sb) (abbr. for 跟蹤監視|跟踪监视)
bucking bar (metal bar fixing the tail of a rivet as it is driven)
to follow sb's tracks / to tail
(bird species of China) blue-tailed bee-eater (Merops philippinus)
tail light (on vehicle)
long tail
(bird species of China) fork-tailed drongo-cuckoo (Surniculus dicruroides)
(bird species of China) greater racket-tailed drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus)
to dock; to trim (esp. the tail of an animal)
(bird species of China) fire-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga ignicauda)
(bird species of China) pheasant-tailed jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus)
nine-tailed turtle of mythology / The Nine-tailed Turtle, novel by late Qing novelist Zhang Chunfan 張春帆|张春帆
(bird species of China) long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
(bird species of China) fork-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga christinae)
lit. head in Wu and tail in Chu (idiom); fig. close together / head-to-tail / one thing starts where the other leaves off
(bird species of China) ratchet-tailed treepie (Temnurus temnurus)
auspicious sculpted animal, usu. a unicorn or deer with a long tail / possession of the empire
to have one's tail between one's legs
to tuck one's tail between one's legs / fig. to back down / in a humiliating situation
lit. would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail (idiom) / fig. to prefer to be a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a big pond
(bird species of China) rufous-tailed babbler (Moupinia poecilotis)
(bird species of China) lesser racket-tailed drongo (Dicrurus remifer)
(bird species of China) sharp-tailed sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)
tail / end / small change / odd sum remaining after large round number
Zhang Chunfan (-1935), late Qing novelist, author of The Nine-tailed Turtle 九尾龜|九尾龟
can't make head or tail of
(bird species of China) bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica)
(bird species of China) wedge-tailed shearwater (Puffinus pacificus)
(bird species of China) red-tailed shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides)
(bird species of China) long-tailed shrike (Lanius schach)
(bird species of China) black-tailed crake (Porzana bicolor)
(bird species of China) rufous-tailed scrub robin (Erythropygia galactotes)
(bird species of China) wedge-tailed green pigeon (Treron sphenurus)
the rear (tail) of a plane etc
lit. like stepping on a tiger's tail or spring ice (idiom) / fig. extremely dangerous situation
pig's tail (meat)
(bird species of China) red-tailed laughingthrush (Trochalopteron milnei)
to follow sb / to tail / to shadow / also written 盯梢
(bird species of China) pin-tailed snipe (Gallinago stenura)
(bird species of China) pin-tailed green pigeon (Treron apicauda)
(bird species of China) long-tailed thrush (Zoothera dixoni)
(bird species of China) large-tailed nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus)
(bird species of China) long-tailed sibia (Heterophasia picaoides)
(bird species of China) long-tailed minivet (Pericrocotus ethologus)
(bird species of China) long-tailed rosefinch (Carpodacus sibiricus)
(bird species of China) long-tailed jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)
(bird species of China) long-tailed broadbill (Psarisomus dalhousiae)
(bird species of China) long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis)
(bird species of China) long-tailed parakeet (Psittacula longicauda)
Argus / in Greek mythology, a monster with 100 eyes, transformed into peacock's tail
turkey tail mushroom (Trametes versicolor)
to join head to tail / bumper-to-bumper (of traffic jam)
(bird species of China) bar-tailed treecreeper (Certhia himalayana)
(bird species of China) black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa)

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