虎头蛇尾 hǔtóushéwěi fine start and poor finish Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 虎 hǔ noun tiger tiger; commonly referred to as 老虎 lǎohǔ头 頭 tóu noun head the head of a human or animal; hair or hairstyle蛇 shé noun snake snake; serpent尾 wěi noun tail (bound form) tail of an animal