彻头彻尾 — Chinese idiom
彻头彻尾
chè tóu chè wěi
Traditional: 徹頭徹尾
Meaning
- lit. from head to tail ; thoroughgoing
- through and through
- out and out
- from top to bottom
Character by character
- 彻chèpenetrating, pervasive; to penetrate, to pass thro
- 头tóuhead; chief, boss; first, top
- 彻chèpenetrating, pervasive; to penetrate, to pass thro
- 尾wěitail; extremity, end; back, rear
Idioms sharing a character
- 通天彻地 tōng tiān chè dì
- 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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