龙头蛇尾 lóngtóushéwěi a strong start but weak finish Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 龙头蛇尾 龍頭蛇尾 lóngtóushéwěi a strong start but weak finish literally "dragon's head, snake's tail"; describes a situation where something starts with great energy or display but ends weakly or fades to nothing. Frequency Written text 0.004 per million Cross-References See 虎头蛇尾 hǔtóushéwěi Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
龙头蛇尾 龍頭蛇尾 lóngtóushéwěi a strong start but weak finish literally "dragon's head, snake's tail"; describes a situation where something starts with great energy or display but ends weakly or fades to nothing. Frequency Written text 0.004 per million Cross-References See 虎头蛇尾 hǔtóushéwěi Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
