hǎo​xì​hái​zài​hòu​tou

the best is yet to come

  • created sense approved 好戏还在后头/好戲還在後頭 · hǎo​xì​hái​zài​hòu​tou · the best is yet to come — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    好戏还在后头 / 好戲還在後頭

    hǎo​xì​hái​zài​hòu​tou

    the best is yet to come

    the best part of the show is yet to come; also used figuratively to mean that the most exciting, significant, or intense part of a situation has not yet happened.

    好戏 (literal) → 好戏/好戲 · hǎo​xì · good play 还在 (literal) → 还在/還在 · hái​zài · still 后头 (literal) → 后头/後頭 · hòu​tou · subsequent part

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 好戏还在后头/好戲還在後頭 · hǎo​xì​hái​zài​hòu​tou · the worst is yet to come — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    好戏还在后头 / 好戲還在後頭

    hǎo​xì​hái​zài​hòu​tou

    the worst is yet to come

    (ironic) Used to warn that the worst part of a situation or more trouble is still to come; similar to the English phrase 'you ain't seen nothing yet'.

    好戏 (literal) → 好戏/好戲 · hǎo​xì · great fun 还在 (literal) → 还在/還在 · hái​zài · still 后头 (literal) → 后头/後頭 · hòu​tou · subsequent part

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense