探头探脑 — Chinese idiom
探头探脑
tàn tóu tàn nǎo
Traditional: 探頭探腦
Meaning
- to stick one's head out and look around
Character by character
- 探tànto find, to locate; to grope for, to search for
- 头tóuhead; chief, boss; first, top
- 探tànto find, to locate; to grope for, to search for
- 脑nǎobrain
Idioms sharing a character
- 巴头探脑 bā tóu tàn nǎo
- 探囊取物 tàn náng qǔ wù
- 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
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