巴头探脑 — Chinese idiom
巴头探脑
bā tóu tàn nǎo
Traditional: 巴頭探腦
Meaning
- to poke one's head in and pry ; to spy
- nosy
Character by character
- 巴bāto desire, to wish for
- 头tóuhead; chief, boss; first, top
- 探tànto find, to locate; to grope for, to search for
- 脑nǎobrain
Idioms sharing a character
- 巴三览四 bā sān lǎn sì
- 巴前算后 bā qián suàn hòu
- 巴山夜雨 Bā shān yè yǔ
- 巴山蜀水 Bā shān Shǔ shuǐ
- 巴高望上 bā gāo wàng shàng
- 狐狸尾巴 hú li wěi ba
- 百般巴结 bǎi bān bā jié
- 三天两头 sān tiān liǎng tóu
- 三头六臂 sān tóu liù bì
- 事到临头 shì dào lín tóu
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