尾大不掉 — Chinese idiom
尾大不掉
wěi dà bù diào
Meaning
- large tail obstructs action ; bottom heavy
- fig. rendered ineffective by subordinates
Character by character
- 尾wěitail; extremity, end; back, rear
- 大dàbig, great, vast, high, deep
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 掉diàoto drop, to fall, to remove
Idioms sharing a character
- 吴头楚尾 Wú tóu Chǔ wěi
- 彻头彻尾 chè tóu chè wěi
- 摇尾乞怜 yáo wěi qǐ lián
- 摇头摆尾 yáo tóu bǎi wěi
- 有头有尾 yǒu tóu yǒu wěi
- 有头无尾 yǒu tóu wú wěi
- 狐狸尾巴 hú li wěi ba
- 狗尾续貂 gǒu wěi xù diāo
- 畏首畏尾 wèi shǒu wèi wěi
- 藏头露尾 cáng tóu lù wěi
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