吴头楚尾 — Chinese idiom
吴头楚尾
Wú tóu Chǔ wěi
Traditional: 吳頭楚尾
Meaning
- lit. head in Wu and tail in Chu ; fig. close together
- head-to-tail
- one thing starts where the other leaves off
Character by character
- 吴Wúone of several warring states; surname
- 头tóuhead; chief, boss; first, top
- 楚Chǔclear, distinct; pain, suffering; surname
- 尾wěitail; extremity, end; back, rear
Idioms sharing a character
- 吴下阿蒙 Wú xià ā Méng
- 吴市吹箫 wú shì chuī xiāo
- 吴越同舟 Wú Yuè tóng zhōu
- 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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