笨头笨脑 — Chinese idiom
笨头笨脑
bèn tóu bèn nǎo
Traditional: 笨頭笨腦
Meaning
- stupid; muddle-headed
Character by character
- 笨bènstupid, foolish, dull, awkward
- 头tóuhead; chief, boss; first, top
- 笨bènstupid, foolish, dull, awkward
- 脑nǎobrain
Idioms sharing a character
- 笨鸟先飞 bèn niǎo xiān fēi
- 三天两头 sān tiān liǎng tóu
- 三头六臂 sān tóu liù bì
- 事到临头 shì dào lín tóu
- 傻头傻脑 shǎ tóu shǎ nǎo
- 冤家对头 yuān jiā duì tóu
- 出人头地 chū rén tóu dì
- 初露头角 chū lù tóu jiǎo
- 劈头盖脸 pī tóu gài liǎn
- 吴头楚尾 Wú tóu Chǔ wěi
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