劈头盖脸 — Chinese idiom
劈头盖脸
pī tóu gài liǎn
Traditional: 劈頭蓋臉
Meaning
- lit. splitting the head and covering the face ; fig. pelting (with rain etc)
- showering down
Character by character
- 劈pīto chop, to cut apart; to split
- 头tóuhead; chief, boss; first, top
- 盖gàito cover, to hide, to protect
- 脸liǎnface, cheek; reputation
Idioms sharing a character
- 劈空扳害 pī kōng bān hài
- 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
- 吴头楚尾 Wú tóu Chǔ wěi
- 品头论足 pǐn tóu lùn zú
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