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HSK
tail / colloquial pr. [yi3 ba5]
HSK 4
exhaust; emissions
HSK 7-9
ending / coda / to wind up
HSK 7-9
to tailgate / to hit the car in front as a result of tailgating
HSK 7-9
coda / epilogue / end
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
ponytail
end; tip; extremity
nine-tailed fox (mythological creature)
back part; rear section; tail section
to tail behind / to tag along / to follow on the heels of
from start to finish / from head to tail / the whole (thing)
afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom); ever fearful and nervous / afraid of the slightest thing
remainder (after rounding a number) / decimal part (of number after the decimal point) / mantissa (i.e. fractional part of common logarithm in math.) / small change / balance (of an account)
top of streets, bottom of alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
Iricdaceae, the iris family
head and tail
last page
appendix / vermiform appendix (anatomy)
end of the year
final sound of a syllable / rhyme (e.g. in European languages)
lit. tiger's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish
Masson pine (Pinus massoniana, Chinese red pine, horsetail pine)
suffix
to wind up / to bring to an end / to finish
fishtail
to copulate (of animals) / to mate
to complete the last stage of work / to round off
endnote
coccyx / tailbone
iris (family Iridaceae)
tail or caudal fin
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
lit. to use a dog's tail as a substitute for sable fur (idiom) / fig. a worthless sequel to a masterpiece
(phonology) coda, the part of a syllable that follows its vocalic nucleus (e.g. "u" in kòu or "n" in běn)
to hide the head and show the tail (idiom); to give a partial account / half-truths
back end of a ship / aft
tailed larva / Cercaria (microscopic larva of parasitic Miracidium flatworm)
end of the month
to finish off / to wind up
(idiom) to fail to finish off what one started
anchovy
large tail obstructs action (idiom); bottom heavy / fig. rendered ineffective by subordinates
closing segment of a film or TV show etc; end credits
long tail
Matsuo (Japanese surname and place name)
(zoology) (of a lizard etc) to shed its tail; to autotomize its tail / (animal husbandry) to cut the tail short; to dock the tail
(grammar) suffix
sage (Salvia officinalis)
drifting (motorsport)
hair ends
(hairstyle) unplaited pigtails / twin ponytails / bunches
lit. from head to tail (idiom); thoroughgoing / through and through / out and out / from top to bottom
the rear (tail) of a plane etc
tail feathers
back of the line / last one in line
Wei Sheng (legendary character who waited for his love under a bridge until he was drowned in the surging waters) / sb who keeps to their word no matter what
(bird species of China) spotted forktail (Enicurus maculatus)
tailwater / outflow (from mill or power plant)
Tianwei or Tienwei Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
cocktail (loanword)
swallow-tailed coat / tails
wrinkles of the skin / crow's feet
rattlesnake
coccyx / tailbone
swallow tail butterfly (family Papilionidae)
acute appendicitis (medicine)
balance (money remaining due)
coccyx
(bird species of China) silver-throated bushtit (Aegithalos glaucogularis)
uncompleted building; building whose construction has run into difficulties and stopped
pig's tail (meat)
tail / end / small change / odd sum remaining after large round number
a year-end dinner for employees
the tip / the end / the very end
nine-tailed turtle of mythology / The Nine-tailed Turtle, novel by late Qing novelist Zhang Chunfan 張春帆|张春帆
rhyme
(bird species of China) black redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
rabbits don't have long tails (idiom) / its days are numbered / won't last long
(bird species of China) Chinese monal (Lophophorus lhuysii)
wake (trailing behind a ship, airplane etc) / slipstream
to dock; to trim (esp. the tail of an animal)
(bird species of China) Daurian redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus)
white-headed capuchin (Cebus capucinus)
coccyx
(aviation) tailplane; horizontal stabilizer
(bird species of China) fire-tailed myzornis (Myzornis pyrrhoura)
koala
to leave loose ends / to leave matters unresolved
(bird species of China) white-tailed robin (Myiomela leucura)
(bird species of China) Leach's storm petrel (Hydrobates leucorhous)
meerkat / see 狐獴
(bird species of China) black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
(lit.) to follow sb / (linguistics) suffix / ending / (computing) file name extension
(bird species of China) barred cuckoo-dove (Macropygia unchall)
(bird species of China) zitting cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)
(bird species of China) white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
(bird species of China) short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus)

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