强龙不压地头蛇 Chinese English dictionary 强龙不压地头蛇 translate 强龙不压地头蛇 pinyin

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Pīnyīn

English Definition

Traditional

HSK

强龙不压地头蛇

qiánglóngbùyādìtóushé

*强龙…头蛇* | 强龙…头蛇* | *强龙…头蛇

lit. strong dragon cannot repress a snake (idiom); fig. a local gangster who is above the law

強龍不壓地頭蛇

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Rad / Str

Mandarin
Pīnyīn

Unihan Definition

standalone and in compounds

Jyutping
Cantonese

Variant

Four corner

Cangjie

强

*强* | 强* | *强

12画

弓 + 9

qiáng, qiǎng, jiàng

strong, powerful, energetic

koeng4

強

1623

NRLI

龙

*龙* | 龙* | *龙

5画

龙 + 0

lóng, lǒng, máng

dragon; symbolic of emperor

lung4

龍

4301

IKP

不

*不* | 不* | *不

4画

一 + 3

bù, fǒu, fōu

no, not; un-; negative prefix

bat1

1090.0

压

*压* | 压* | *压

6画

厂 + 4

yā, yà

press; oppress; crush; pressure

aat3

壓

7121

XMGI

地

*地* | 地* | *地

6画

土 + 3

dì, de

earth; soil, ground; region

dei6

4411.2

GPD

头

*头* | 头* | *头

5画

大 + 2

tóu, tou

head; top; chief, first; boss

tau4

頭

3480

蛇

*蛇* | 蛇* | *蛇

11画

虫 + 5

shé, yí, tuó, chí

snake

se4

5311.1

LIJP

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强龙不压地头蛇

qiánglóngbùyādìtóushé

*强龙…头蛇* | 强龙…头蛇* | *强龙…头蛇

lit. strong dragon cannot repress a snake (idiom); fig. a local gangster who is above the law

强

Qiáng

*强* | 强* | *强

surname Qiang

强

jiàng

*强* | 强* | *强

stubborn / unyielding

强

qiáng

*强* | 强* | *强

strong / powerful / better / slightly more than / vigorous / violent / best in their category, e.g. see 百強｜百强

强

qiǎng

*强* | 强* | *强

to force / to compel / to strive / to make an effort

强

jiàng

*强* | 强* | *强

variant of 強｜强

强

qiáng

*强* | 强* | *强

variant of 強｜强

强

qiǎng

*强* | 强* | *强

variant of 強｜强

　龙

　Lóng

*龙* | 龙* | *龙

surname Long

　龙

　lóng

*龙* | 龙* | *龙

Chinese dragon; loong / (fig.) emperor / dragon / (bound form) dinosaur

　　不

　　bù

*不* | 不* | *不

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

　　　压

　　　yā

*压* | 压* | *压

to press / to push down / to keep under (control) / pressure

　　　压

　　　yà

*压* | 压* | *压

used in 壓根兒｜压根儿 / used in 壓馬路｜压马路 / used in 壓板｜压板

　　　　地

*地* | 地* | *地

-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct

　　　　地

　　　　dì

*地* | 地* | *地

earth / ground / field / place / land / CL: 片

　　　　地头

　　　　dìtóu

*地头* | 地头* | *地头

place / locality / edge of a field / lower margin of a page

　　　　地头蛇

　　　　dìtóushé

*地头蛇* | 地头蛇* | *地头蛇

local bully / tyrant / regional mafia boss

　　　　　头

　　　　　tóu

*头* | 头* | *头

head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL: 個｜个

　　　　　头

　　　　　tou

*头* | 头* | *头

suffix for nouns

　　　　　　蛇

　　　　　　shé

*蛇* | 蛇* | *蛇

variant of 蛇

　　　　　　蛇

　　　　　　shé

*蛇* | 蛇* | *蛇

snake / serpent / CL: 條｜条

　　　　　　蛇

　　　　　　yí

*蛇* | 蛇* | *蛇

used in 委蛇