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虎頭蛇尾

fu2 tau4 se4 mei5

a tiger's head but a snake's tail (anticlimax; cop out)

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

虎頭蛇尾

This word was added by bybell on 29th Dec 2005 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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虎 fu2 hu3 - tiger
頭 tau4 tau4*2 tou2 {tou5} - head
蛇 se4 ji4 she2 chi2 tuo1 ye2 - snake
尾 mei5 wei3 yi3 - tail; rear; final; remaining

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