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尾大不掉
wěi​dà​bù​diào

uncontrollable

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
尾大不掉 wěi​dà​bù​diào
uncontrollable
rendered ineffective or powerless because subordinates have become too strong to be managed
unwieldy
bottom-heavy or cumbersome because a subordinate part is disproportionately large or powerful

Frequency

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Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
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