Chinese begins with basics like characters, builds up to words, and reaches idioms. This free resource introduces advanced idioms like 「龍頭蛇尾」, with details below.
Here’s the idiom 「龍頭蛇尾」, with its definition and practical application described below.
A metaphor for having a grand beginning and a declining end.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
lóng tóu shé wěi
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
lung4 tau4 se4 mei5
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