街头巷尾 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• top of streets, bottom of alleys ; everywhere in the city

Character by character

• 街jiēstreet, road, thoroughfare
• 头tóuhead; chief, boss; first, top
• 巷xiàngalley, lane
• 尾wěitail; extremity, end; back, rear

Idioms sharing a character

• 大街小巷 dà jiē xiǎo xiàng
• 花街柳巷 huā jiē liǔ xiàng
• 街谈巷议 jiē tán xiàng yì
• 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

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