n. (Trad=頭, Pinyin=tou2) start, beginning, chief, side, aspect, head, hair, hairstyle, top

(Trad=頭, Pinyin=tou2) measure word for livestock

adj. (Trad=頭, Pinyin=tou2) first, leading

san1 tian1 liang3 tou2
Every two or three days.
Almost every day. Every other day or so. Note that 头天 is the same as "the previous day". Alternative: 三日两头 (san1 ri4 liang3 tou2).

qiang2 long2 bu4 ya1 di4 tou2 she2
A powerful dragon cannot crush a snake in its old haunts.
Even a powerful man cannot crush a local bully.

gua4 yang2 tou2 mai4 gou3 rou4
Hanging up a sheep's head and selling dogmeat.
Trying to sell goods inferior to what they purport to be. Crying up wine and sell vinegar. Compare with 滥竽充数 (lan4 yu2 chong1 shu4).

gui3 tou2 gui3 nao3
Devil's head, devil's brain.
Thievish, stealthy and/or furtive.

Pinyin: tou2
Wade-Giles: t'ou2
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